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Further Aid Cuts Risk Children’s Lives Across the Globe — and Our Own Security at Home
In response to Keir Starmer’s speech on the strategic defence review, Save the Children has warned that further cuts to the UK’s aid budget would be catastrophic.
Giovanna Fletcher teams up with Save the Children UK and Baby Bank Alliance as demand for baby bank services across the country rises
London, June 2nd 2025 - Bestselling author, actress, mum, and podcast host Giovanna Fletcher has joined forces with Save the Children and the Baby Bank Alliance to shine a light on the growing demand for baby banks across the UK - and the challenges they face in meeting that demand.
GAZA: “Aid must not be turned into a tool of control rather than relief”
The delivery of humanitarian aid must be safely accessible and based on need, said Save the Children amid mounting concerns over reports of chaos and killing in Gaza at militarised zones to which civilians were forced to travel to collect desperately needed supplies.
FROM WALES TO THE WORLD: YOUNG PEOPLE SHARE A POWERFUL PEACE MESSAGE ON POVERTY
Save the Children has partnered with Urdd Gobaith Cymru to send a powerful message to children in all corners of the globe on ending child poverty.
Decimating support for education and girls will hold back aspiration to develop economies
LONDON, 13 May 2025 - Following Baroness Chapman’s speech today which started to spell out the impact of Government’s planned aid cuts, Moazzam Malik, Save the Children CEO, said:
“The UK’s retreat from tackling poverty and inequality is extremely worrying. The Government today has set out how UK aid cuts will hit prospects for millions of the…
STATEMENT: IN GAZA, NEARLY EVERY SINGLE CHILD IS AT RISK OF FAMINE
GAZA, 12 MAY 2025 – More than 93% of the children in Gaza – about 930,000 children – are at critical risk of famine, said Save the Children, as new data from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the leading international authority measuring hunger crises, reveals a spiral…
Revealed: Missing 1.5°C temperature goal would condemn 38 million young children to unprecedented heatwaves in their lifetime
New research from Save the Children and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has laid bare scale of climate extremes facing today’s five-year olds during their lifetime, at different levels of global heating
Limiting warming to Paris Agreement target would spare millions from…
UKRAINE: April Marks the Deadliest Month for Children in nearly three years
KYIV 9 May 2025 – At least 19 children were killed and 78 others injured in attacks across Ukraine in April, making it the deadliest month for children in nearly three years, Save the Children said.