Childline Childline ChildLine is a counselling service for children and young people up to their 19th birthday in the United Kingdom provided by the NSPCC. Childline deals with any issue which causes distress or concern, common issues dealt with include child abuse, bullying, mental illness, parental separation or divorce, pregnancy, substance misuse, neglect, and psychological abuse. Counsellors do not record calls but write down case notes of calls and sometimes counselling supervisors may also listen in to calls to make sure that they can help the best they can. In 1986 Esther Rantzen, presenter of "That's Life!", a popular consumer TV
Childline National Child Protection Authority of Sri Lanka, Child Helpline Tanzania, ChildLine Trinidad and Tobago, as well as organizations in Namibia, Trinidad and Tobago, Gibraltar, Kenya, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Some of these are independent charities; others have been set up by existing children's charities or more general helplines. ChildLine in Ireland is run by the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. It was set up in 1989. In 2006 a text and online service, in association with Zamano, was established to increase the availability of the listening service for children in Ireland. Childline Uganda helps people infected and