NCH

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Aims 3 Mascots 3.1 Themes in school assemblies 3.2 Big Daddy Cedric 4 Trivia 5 External links

[edit] Overview

NCH (formerly National Children's Home) is a United Kingdom-based charity providing services for children. Some of its major areas of work are services for disabled children, family and community services, work with young people leaving care and rural children's services. It was established in 1869 and today runs upwards of 500 projects for vulnerable children and young people and their families.

NCH has its main offices on Highbury Park in the London borough of Highbury and Islington. The property feature 4 buildings and extensive gardens.

[edit] Aims

Its aims, as stated in school assemblies, is that every child in the UK should be happy, safe and cared for. The offical site also states: "The children, young people and families we work with face difficulties such as poverty, disability and abuse."

[edit] Mascots

Its main mascot is a furry toy dragon named "Cedric". He wears a white/pale yellow shirt with the NCH logo on it. Also a "Baby Cedric" features in school assemblies.

[edit] Themes in school assemblies

The best-behaved children in school assemblies are permitted to hold Cedric and Baby Cedric. Also a "Big Daddy Cedric" will usually appear.

[edit] Big Daddy Cedric

NCH also own dragon costumes with separate NCH shirts as worn by the other mascots (and representatives at school assemblies) which are worn by school staff, who are (supposedly) called away to do something that acts as an alibi, e.g. a telephone call, and appear in costume as "Big Daddy Cedric" as a thankyou to participating schools.

[edit] Trivia

• NCH's aims that all children should be happy, safe and cared for are represented as three words, according to reps. However "cared for" is generally two words, even hyphenated. Even so, sometimes NCH prints "cared for" unhyphenated.

[edit] External links

• NCH Website

• History of NCH Branches and File History of a child in care in the 1960's.