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mother and daughter reading

Parents’ perspectives on supporting their children’s learning

Friday 18th October marked the launch of Save the Children’s new report, “How are you meant to help?” Parents’ perspectives on supporting their children’s learning. The launch took place in ‘London’s living room’ in City Hall, with early years practitioners, schools, children’s centre staff, and parents present. The report rationale Save the Children’s work in […]

Children playing with toys at an education centre

Supporting Early Learning in West London

Mornings in Feltham, west London, start like any other town centre. The high street is bustling, teeming with parents taking children on scooters to primary school. Warm and friendly staff in the local coffee shop serve bleary eyed people on their way to work. Beside a duck filled pond, the star of Freddie Mercury holds […]

Coaching for Life Girls in Indonesia with Leah Williamson

Coaching for Life

Claire Milligan, a Senior Child Protection Adviser at Save the Children discusses the Coaching for Life program and how we are supporting girls across the world. With more refugees and internally displaced people in the world today than ever before and an ever-expanding global poverty gap, children are increasingly exposed to conflict, trauma and violence.

Two girls from Bangladesh

Back to school in Bangladesh’s largest brothel

Back to school in Bangladesh’s largest brothel

 ‘Home’. For me, it means lazy Sunday mornings cooking breakfast in my pyjamas. A hot bath. My mum’s cauliflower cheese.

For 13-year-old Aahna*, home means something entirely different. The small bedroom she shares with five other girls is more than just a place to live. It is her chance for a brighter future.

Natasha Kaplinsky and Clare Mulley with Ian Wolter’s bronze bust of Eglantyne Jebb.

Eglantyne Jebb: the woman who saved the children

Eglantyne Jebb’s award-winning biographer, Clare Mulley, blogs about the woman and the work that inspired her, in Save the Children’s centenary year…

100 years and one day since Eglantyne Jebb and her sister Dorothy Buxton launched Save the Children at a packed public meeting at the Royal Albert Hall, I was very moved to see […]

Doctor applying Chlorhexidine to newborn baby showing how innovation can save lives

Using Innovation to Save Lives

How are Save the Children using innovation to save lives? Through our partnership with GSK, we’re bringing together our unique skills and resources to find new ways to help stop children dying from preventable diseases. Save the Children has 100 years of experience in supporting some of the world’s most vulnerable children. GSK is a […]

Save the Children supporter Tasmia running the London marathon with support from her friends

How to fundraise for a Marathon

We asked one of our London Marathon runners, Tasmia Baig, to share her top tips on how to fundraise for a challenge event – whether you’re keen to try a 10K or go for a full marathon, Save the Children will support you every step of the way, and the money you raise could help save children’s lives. […]

Child in a classroom in Zarqa, Jordan

Tackling mental health in refugee education

In 2019, Save the Children and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) joined forces to launch an innovative initiative, called Transforming Refugee Education Towards Excellence (TREE). This five-year joint effort will tackle trauma and address the urgent learning needs of children in refugee crises. Utilising J-WEL’s expertise in teacher […]