The ISPCC is warning that its 24 hour support service "Childline" is in jeopardy.
Its AGM will hear today that controversies in the charity sector are pushing the service to breaking point.
The ISPCC's the latest group to report a falloff in donations in the wake of controversies like those which hit the Central Remedial Clinic and Rehab.
Childline relies largely on donations, but did get some HSE funding last year.
It's been in operation for 25 years.
In 2013 it was contacted about 650 thousand times, and its phone and internet services responded to 450 thousand of those.
