Children, young people and families first

Welcome to The Children's Centre

The Children’s Centre develops, manages, and pioneers a variety of community initiatives and services aimed at enabling children, young people and families to realise their full potential. We are an independent Manx charity – undertaking our own projects and working with others – to put children, young people and families first.

Please become a Friend of The Children's Centre and help to fund our charitable projects - MOBEX, Out2Play, the Child Contact Centre, Community Development projects (such as the Philip Christian Centre in Peel) and the Community Farm.

Feature story

“Foster carers can come from a wide range of backgrounds and we are happy to meet anyone who is interested in finding out more about becoming a carer at one of our forthcoming information evenings.” Fiona Lassen, Head of Fostering First

Focus on

If you spot any giant bananas around the Island this Friday (May 18) you could win a basket of fruit in a competition organised by The Children’s Centre. It’s all to celebrate Fruity Friday which is an annual awareness day devised by the World Cancer Research Fund.

Events

The Children's Centre's Events What could be more enjoyable than having loads of fun taking part in an event and at the same time raising money for a local charity? The Children’s Centre events raise over £75,000 each year to support our work with children, young people and families on the Isle of Man, and we want you to help us! Here is a flavour of what's happening in 2012 - FUNDRAISING EVENTS.

Donate online

Making a donation to The Children's Centre is easy. Each year we need to raise in the region of £500,000 to support our charitable projects, Out2Play , Mobex , Child Contact Centre , Philip Christian Centre and the Community Farm . A donation of £10 could enable us to purchase play equipment...