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The future of charity shops is radical
If you think charity shops are just a place to drop off unwanted clothes or pick up a bargain, think again. Thousands of shoppers come through our doors every week with a fire in their bellies to change the world. Our conversations on the shop floor suggest that, given the chance to take campaigning action […]

Five trends in today’s youth activism
Want to know what you can learn from today’s youth activism?
Here are five key trends from the global youth climate movement and March for our Lives.
Young activist involved in these movements are real heroes. We want them to succeed and we want to…

Childcare under Universal Credit isn’t working for parents. Here’s how we fix it.

Our new policy on sexual orientation and gender identity
Just in time for the London Pride march this Saturday, Save the Children has approved its new global policy on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGIE).

The UK’s report card on the Sustainable Development Goals

“We are displaced” – reflections on Malala’s latest book
Polling conducted in 2018 found that three in ten Brits think refugees get too much help in the UK, compared to just 18% who think the opposite. The older you are, or the more right-wing you are, the likelier you are to think that refugees receive too much assistance. Culture Wars divide us in so […]

VACCINES ARE FREE. WHY NOT ALL HEALTH SERVICES?
We need people to access health services at the right time, not wait until pain or suffering forces them to borrow money or sell assets, and the condition has become too serious.

How UK Programmes are tackling maths anxiety in young learners
What is maths anxiety and why does it matter? Research just published by the Centre for Neuroscience in Education at the University of Cambridge highlights the grim experience of ‘mathematics anxiety’ among children in the UK (Carey et al, 2019). It’s there in early primary school, and it gets worse at secondary school. The researchers […]