THE NSPCC has launched the new Someone To Turn To campaign and the NSPCC Calne Family Centre is already leading the way.

A parent advice drop-in centre is run at St. Dunstan School in Calne from 3pm to 4.30pm on schooldays with both parents and children able to talk to an officer about problems they may have

The NSPCC also has a practitioner who attends sessions at Priestley School in Calne to provide more opportunities for more people to talk.

Donna Oakes, a children's service practitioner at the NSPCC's Calne Family Centre at Broken Cross, said: "We literally work in the community with lots of groups.

"What we have been doing through individual work is we have been talking about issues like parents going through separation and also children talking about bullying."

Ms Oakes said the children react well to the NSPCC practitioners and come back to see them.

"They do come back to us because they know we are there and we have had people bring friends along.

"We even did some work with a little girl whose mum was quite ill and we made her able to talk to her dad about how she felt.

"The parents are always involved. It's not just about helping the children. You cannot do it without the parents.

"We have had some positive feedback with the parents and we are right in the heart of the community in the school.

"Parents come in as well if they are worried about anything."

The Someone To Turn To campaign is the latest phase of the NSPCC's Full Stop Campaign and is aimed at encouraging every child and young person to speak to someone they trust if they are worried about anything.

The NSPCC is also calling for the Government to ensure that every child has access to a professionally supervised peer support scheme in their school where young people are trained to support others.

Ms Oakes said their work with St. Dunstan and Priestley Schools is very successful.

This autumn everybody can help the NSPCC ensure that children get the help and advice they need to deal with their problems by donating, fundraising or campaigning on the NSPCC's behalf.

To find out more about how you can help phone 0800 801837.