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Ironing your name onto your running vest: a quick how-to

What’s in a name? Well, if it’s ironed onto your running vest… A LOT.

Here’s why:

  • Our Save the Children cheering team will know what to shout out when you run, walk or hobble past us.
  • Your friends and family won’t forget what you’re called in all the excitement.
  • You’ll have a personalised memento of the time you took on a challenge to transform children’s lives… and succeeded.
A health worker prepares a syringe to vaccinate a baby

Immunisation as a litmus test for UHC

Vaccines work. Health systems don't...at least not for everyone. As long as 14.3 million zero-dose children exist, UHC remains an unfinished promise.

A young girl in a yellow headscarf holds her arm out to get a vaccination from a health worker wearing a white coat and gloves.

The journey of a vaccine: World Immunisation Week

Immunisation is one of global health's most powerful tools and one where the UK continues to play a leading role. Yet over 14 million children worldwide have not received a single dose of vaccine. This World Immunisation Week, we celebrate the progress made and call for renewed support for childhood immunisation programmes at home and around the world, to ensure that no child is left behind. 

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No limits to childhood: Parents tell us why this election matters for Scotland’s children

The latest child poverty statistics show a small drop in child poverty rates, but the real headline is that one in five children in Scotland remain locked in poverty. We spoke to parents from our Changing the Story panel and they are clear: every…

Evans, 7, reading The River of Nabeau from the Library For All collection at his home in Sanma Province, Vanuatu.

How reading has changed this boy's world

Evans is 7, lives in Vanuatu, and dreams of being a chief - and an astronaut. But for millions of children across the Pacific, books are out of reach. Here's why that matters, and what's changing.

Screen grab from a new animated film by Save the Children, inspired by the story of two brothers in Sudan who were hit by an airstrike.

Three years of war in Sudan: "This is not normal for anyone"

British Sudanese comedian and writer Ola Labib reflects on three years of conflict in Sudan - the family members lost, the children paying the price, and why the world cannot look away.

A mother from Somalia smiles and holds up her smiling daughter. Photo credit: Kate Stanworth/ Save the Children

More Health for Women, Children and Girls: Protecting Lives Through Smarter Financing

Last week, a number of governments renewed their support for the Global Financing Facility - a financing mechanism for women and girls' healthcare which we know saves lives. In Ethiopia alone, it helped cut maternal mortality by a third in just five years. This is a crucial moment for the UK to step up, show leadership and help protect the health gains we cannot afford to lose. 

Evelin, two, playing with her cousins in their village in Balaka district, Malawi.

What kind of friend does the UK want to be to the World?

The UK’s new development approach is full of contradictions; cutting aid while claiming global leadership, protecting its own interests over the poorest countries, and avoiding key issues like fair trade and tax reform. With reduced crisis funding and limited follow‑through on promises, the UK risks appearing unreliable, prompting calls for it to listen more, act coherently across Government, deliver tangible results, and build flexibility into its aid plans.