In the UK, 1.4 million children live in severe poverty. That means their families survive on an average of £7,000 a year after housing costs. We're working to change this. We've made big changes for children in the UK over the years, including improving the treatment of young offenders, providing safe play places for children after the Second World War, and successfully lobbying for milk to be given to school children. We're now focused on lobbying the government to keep its promise to end child poverty in the UK by 2020.
A normal Wednesday for me usually involves some laundry, some grocery shopping, maybe a walk in the park, and a jigsaw or a game of hide and seek with DorkySon.
Yesterday was a little different. I went to Downing Street.
I was one of six Save the Children campaigners who went to hand in a petition calling on David Cameron to sign up to the Charter to End Extreme Hunger.
Our supporters are a fantastic bunch. Here we celebrate the amazing achievements of three dedicated superstars with a look their fundraising triumphs of 2011.
Save the Children is supporting Big Energy Week, a campaign by Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland to advise people how they can cut energy bills and make their homes more energy efficient.
With fuel bills seemingly going up and up, the more vulnerable people in the UK will be facing a serious struggle to keep warm and well this winter. Checking you’re getting the best deal on fuel bills isn’t always about switching providers…
Stop! Before you pick up yet another ceramic cat for your auntie Noreen, consider our fab line-up of Christmas buys that will not only put a smile on your family’s faces but will also make a a lasting difference to children’s lives.
iF Poems, the first-ever poetry app for children, was ranked number one lifestyle app, beating over 40,000 others to the top spot.
This is fantastic news for us because ten per cent of every sale goes towards our life-changing work in the UK.
We’re really excited today by the launch of Reworked, an album from John Lewis which features music from their high profile advertising campaigns. That’s because for every album sold we’ll get a £2 donation to support our work with some of the poorest children in the UK.
The main focus of the conference was our #66cities campaign and many of the campaigners there signed up to become one of our #66cities champions, deciding to put the knowledge and skills they’d gained from the sessions into direct action.
This Saturday sees Arsenal’s first ever charity match day on behalf of Save the Children when they play Fulham in the Premier League.
Young people across the UK have been using their voices to tackle the poverty issues important to them, with the support of Save the Children.
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