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{{short description|British charity}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox organization | name = Barnardo's | image = BARNARDOS L.svg | image_size = | type = Charity | founded_date = 1866 | vat_id = | registration_id = 216250 (England and Wales)<br>SC037605 (Scotland) <br>20010027 (Ireland) | founder = [[Thomas John Barnardo]] | location = [[Barkingside]], London | coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | origins = | area_served = United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia | product = | mission = | focus = Children | method = | revenue = Β£245,183,000<ref name=cc>{{cite web|title=Barnardo's|url=http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=216250&SubsidiaryNumber=0|publisher=[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]]|access-date=28 February 2013}}</ref> | endowment = | num_volunteers = 17,175<ref name=cc/> | num_employees = 5,026<ref name=cc/> | num_members = | subsid = | opponents = | owner = | former name = Dr. Barnardo's Homes,<br> Dr. Barnardo's<ref>[http://www.barnardos.ie/final_certificates_branded_pdf.pdf Index to Certificates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514121548/http://www.barnardos.ie/final_certificates_branded_pdf.pdf |date=14 May 2014 }} Barnardo's (retrieved 5 March 2024)</ref> | homepage = {{URL|www.barnardos.org.uk}} | dissolved = | footnotes = }} [[File:Barnados 1931.jpg|thumb|upright|right|A 1931 advertisement for Dr Barnardo's Homes.]] [[File:Banardo's store in Jedburgh.jpg|thumb|right|A Barnardo's charity shop in [[Jedburgh]], Scotland. Barnardo's current tagline is "Believe in children".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news_and_events/celebrity_news/celebs_believe.htm |title=Barnardo's I Celebrities believe in children event |publisher=Barnardos.org.uk |access-date=11 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904011735/http://www.barnardos.org.uk/news_and_events/celebrity_news/celebs_believe.htm |archive-date=4 September 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref>]] [[File:107-123 Muswell Hill Road (1).jpg|thumb|A Barnardo's shop in [[107-123 Muswell Hill Road|Muswell Hill]], London.]] '''Barnardo's''' is a global charity headquartered in [[Barkingside]] in the [[London Borough of Redbridge]]. It was founded by [[Thomas John Barnardo]] in 1866, to care for vulnerable children. As of 2013, it raised and spent around Β£200 million each year running around 900 local services, aimed at helping these same groups. It is the largest children's charity in the UK in terms of charitable expenditure.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |title=Dr Barnardo's charity for children |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1340763/Dr-Barnardos-charity-for-children.html |location=London |date=17 September 2001 |access-date=17 November 2012}}</ref>
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