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.
In November and early December 2011, government, civil society, private sector and UN delegates descended on Busan, South Korea to discuss aid effectiveness, and specifically how overseas development assistance can have a greater impact on development outcomes.
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…
Driving around parts of Delhi gives one of the clearest impressions that India is a big booming economy. The expanded metro, hordes of cars in the road, busy shops and big houses all point to rising affluence. From one of the main roads, a quick turn into Sanjay Colony gives a view of very different world. There is no road to speak of, make-shift structures abound and a proper sanitation system is obviously absent.
“We have seen a lot of things here. There has been badness in the past. This village is prone to conflict.”
Proud of his education and keen to demonstrate his leadership of the small village, Mujahid is emphatic when telling me about the new school that we helped to build.
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.
This Saturday sees Arsenal’s first ever charity match day on behalf of Save the Children when they play Fulham in the Premier League.
It is my third week delivering Families and Schools Together (FAST) in a London Primary School and the group has already become really established. I am finding it really moving to see that the parents and children are just as eager for FAST to succeed as the team is. Each week children take part in different activities and every week parents have time to chat as a group while their children are playing and make the most of the support they can give to each other.
Sarah, a teacher at the school and a member of my FAST team, told me that this was the most engagement the school had ever had with parents. “FAST is really important for the school and the area,” she said.
Our Families and Schools Together (FAST) programme gives parents the confidence and skills to support their children’s learning and last year teachers reported a 10% improvement in FAST children’s reading, writing and maths after just eight weeks.
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