Take action
Campaign with us. We campaign to change children's lives for the better, but we need your help. Whether it's a minute or a day, stand up and take action with us.
- 1 minute
- Ask Gordon to act
- 10 minutes
- Download a fifth birthday card
- 1 hour
- Upload a video to the 'in my name' Youtube channel
- Join Will.i.am and make a video to end poverty
Join the chorus of campaigners round the world — including Will.i.am, John Legend, and Fergie — in calling for poverty to end in our lifetime. Create a video stating your name, home country, and your message telling world leaders to end global poverty. Go to www.youtube.com/inmyname to upload your video and check out other messages.
- Be the generation that ends poverty. Sign the 'in my name' pledge now.
Join the chorus, make a pledge and ask your leaders to act in your name to end poverty and inequality. We can be the generation that ends poverty.
- Sign up and show your support
We think every child counts. 10 million children die every year before they reach their fifth birthday. That's unacceptable. Sign this online action to show the UK government you think nothing's more important than a child's life.
- Sign the online petition to end child poverty in the UK
10,000 people marched through London to protest against persistent child poverty in the UK. Now we need to keep up the pressure on the government to end child poverty. 1 in 3 children in the UK lives in poverty. That's the worst rate in the industrialised world. We think that's appalling. Sign the petition now and add your voice to our campaign.
- Stop needless child deaths
- We know it's simple to save lives. Ask you MP to sign a parliamentary petition to bring this issue to the UK government’s attention.
- Support 'Every Human has Rights' with Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu
Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu formed 'The Elders', global elders for our global village. Sign their pledge 'Every Human has Rights' and rediscover the Declaration of Human Rights.
- Decorate our fifth birthday action cards
We think it's unacceptable that 10 million children are dying every year of preventable causes, before they reach their fifth birthday. If you do too, then fill in a card and send it to us. We're sending them straight to the Prime Minister, telling him he should be doing more to help every child reach five.
- Knit One, Save One
2 million children die each year of pneumonia. That's appalling. We want you to knit a hat, which we'll send out and pop onto a newborn baby's head. That'll keep it nice and warm, and might even save its life. It's dead easy to do, so get knitting!
- Campaign to your heart's content
Sign-up and we'll send your regular updates on our work around the world, and how you can use your voice to make a difference.
- Under 18? Yell for Youth!
We've got loads of great things for you to do, share with your friends, and make a real difference. Help us fight injustice all over the world, and become one of our young campaigners. Tell your mates too.
- Rally the troops
Email us your details, and we'll contact you when we're having an event. You can come along, bring all your friends and family, and help us make a noise to change children's lives. Contact us now to join the events volunteers.
Latest campaign news
- Friday 12 September 2008 Join us at Keep the Promise to end UK child poverty
- On 4 October Save the Children will be taking part in the biggest ever rally against child poverty in the UK — Keep the Promise.
- Thursday 11 September 2008 Save the Children today supports the launch of Get Fair
- There are 3.9 million children in the UK living in poverty, growing up in families facing tough choices between paying for things like nutritious food, housing or heating.
