suiside

67 children a day helped by Childline for suicidal thoughts and feelings

The NSPCC has revealed - on average - 67 children a day are receiving help from its Childline service as they struggle with suicidal thoughts and feelings.

In 2018/19 Childline delivered 24,447 counselling sessions to young people plagued by a sense of despair, a three-year increase of a quarter (25%).

Most of those reaching out were teenagers, but there has also been a...