Duchess of Cambridge to take over as charity patron

The Queen became patron of Action for Children, formerly known as the National Children’s Home, in 1967. She worked hard raising awareness and supporting the charity for almost 50 years. Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, will be taking over this role in 2017.

Sir Tony Hawkhead, chief executive of Action for Children, has thanked the Queen in a letter for her ‘tireless contribution to raising awareness of the charity’s work’.

The charity runs 600 services across the country supporting vunlerable children, young people and their families; operating over 200 children’s centres. In August 2016, it took over the charity 4Children, which included the transfer of 41 nurseries.

The Duchess has already shown an interest in many of the issues that the charity deal with, including emotional well-being and mental health.

Last year, the Duchess of Cambridge visited two Action for Children settings in Birmingham, Cape Hill Children’s Centre and Sandwell Family Partners.