Editing Barnardo's (section)

==History==
The '''National Incorporated Association for the Reclamation of Destitute Waif Children otherwise known as Dr. Barnardo's Homes''' was founded by Irish born doctor Thomas Barnardo, who opened a school in the [[East End of London]] to care for and educate children of the area left [[orphan]]ed and destitute by a recent [[cholera]] outbreak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/thomas_barnardo.htm|title=Our history|website=Barnardo's website|access-date=10 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505152205/http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_history/thomas_barnardo.htm|archive-date=5 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1870 he founded a boys' [[orphanage]] at [[18 Stepney Causeway, London|18 Stepney Causeway]]<ref name="Telegraph" /> and later opened a girls' home. By the time of his death in 1905, Barnardo's institutions cared for over 8,500 children in 96 locations. His work was carried on by his many supporters under the name '''Dr. Barnardo's Homes National Incorporated Association'''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barnardos.org.uk/who_we_are/history.htm |title=History page, Barnardos.org |publisher=Barnardos.org.uk |access-date=11 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529162701/http://www.barnardos.org.uk/who_we_are/history.htm |archive-date=29 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Following societal changes in the mid-20th century, the charity changed its focus from the direct care of children to [[foster care|fostering]] and [[adoption]], renaming itself '''Dr. Barnardo's''' in 1965.  Following the closure of its last traditional orphanage in 1988, it took the still simpler name of '''Barnardo's'''. The official mascot of Barnardo's is a bear called Barney. Its chief executive is [[Javed Khan (executive)|Javed Khan]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Clare Jerrom |url=http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/01/26/52572/martin-narey-on-leaving-the-prison-service-and-moving-to.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908082402/http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2006/01/26/52572/martin-narey-on-leaving-the-prison-service-and-moving-to.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 September 2012 |title=Martin Narey interview, Communitycare.co.uk, January 2006 |publisher=Communitycare.co.uk |access-date=11 June 2010 }}</ref>

There was controversy early on with Barnardo's work. Specifically, he was accused of kidnapping children without parents' permission and of falsifying photographs of children to make the distinction between the period before they were rescued by Barnardo's and afterwards seem more dramatic. He openly confessed to the former of these charges, describing it as "philanthropic abduction" and basing his defence on the idea that the ends justified the means. In all, he was taken to court on 88 occasions, largely on the charge of kidnapping. However, being a charismatic speaker and popular figure, he rode through these scandals unscathed. Other charges brought against him included neglecting basic hygiene for the children under his care.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/oct/03/advertising.childprotection | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Mark | last=Oliver | title=The echoes of Barnardo's altered imagery | date=3 October 2002}}</ref>

Between 1945 and 1974, Barnardo's supported and participated in schemes that saw around 150,000 children exported to imperial colonies where they were mostly abused, beaten and neglected.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39078652|title=The child abuse scandal of the British children sent abroad|last=Symonds|first=Tom|date=26 February 2017|website=[[BBC News]]|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/british-home-children-farms-abuse-1.4314384|title='It's like they never existed': Toronto monument will honour mistreated British Home Children|last=Gollom|first=Mark|date=1 October 2017|website=[[CBC News]]|access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref>

In October 2022, [[Buckingham Palace]] announced that over 1,000 [[Paddington Bear]]s and [[teddy bear]]s left at royal sites after the death of [[Queen Elizabeth II]] would be donated to Barnardo's.<ref>{{cite web |date=16 October 2022 |title=Paddington Bears pictured with Camilla as tributes to late Queen sent to charity |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63273943 |accessdate=17 October 2022 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

=== Experience of mixed-race children ===
A "special problem" of the upbringing and socialisation of mixed-race children was noted in Barnardo's Annual Report of 1951.

Suzi Hamilton was sent to Barnardo's by her married mother in 1946. Her father was a black GI. She had a tough time at home and the two employees who ran her Barnardo cottage were not nice to her. She wrote her experience into her book which also described several unsuccessful attempts to adopt her. She also talked about the short vacations that she had with her "aunts" and "uncles" where on one vacation she experienced her first menstrual period and was told to be extra careful as she was not a white girl.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hamilton |first=Suzi |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/859179393 |title=Notice me! : a Barnardo child's scrapbook of memories : 1946 to 1961 |date=2012 |isbn=978-1-907732-81-2 |edition=First |location=Ely, Cambridgeshire |oclc=859179393}}</ref>

Susan Tomkins, born in Taunton, Somerset to a married mother, was being sent to Barnardos when she was around eight with her two brothers. She stayed at the Barnardo's for about a year. Her grandmother, who was protective of her in the face of any racism, took care of her once she went home.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mixed-race children given up to children's homes |url=https://mixedmuseum.org.uk/brown-babies/mixed-race-children-given-up-to-childrens-homes/ |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=The Mixed Museum |language=en}}</ref>