About Us

We work alongside children in the UK and around the world, as part of a global movement working in 92 countries.

With global Save the Children members, our shared ambition is that by 2030:

• no child dies from preventable causes before their fifth birthday
• all children learn from a quality basic education
• violence against children is no longer tolerated.

By providing live-saving short-term help, and pushing for deep-rooted social change, we help children take their future into their own hands.

Every child has the right to learn. 
Every child should have good food to fuel their bodies.
Every child should have medicine when they're sick.
For over 100 years, we've fought for a fairer world for children.

Together with families, supporters and partners, we work to help every child get the future they deserve.

In Britain, we’re using apps to help parents support early learning. In Rwanda, we’ve kickstarted a reading revolution. With GSK, we’ve developed an antiseptic gel that could save half a million babies' lives. In Somalia, health teams carry vaccines by ambulance, on foot and by donkey to reach children who would otherwise miss out.

Save the Children’s work is only possible thanks to our 5 million UK supporters and their amazing commitment – from wearing a Christmas jumper to running our local shops to organising fundraising events.

At just seven months old, Priscilla* was fighting severe pneumonia. Her mum Evelyn* stayed by her side as she received oxygen therapy and antibiotics at a Save the Children-supported hospital in Uganda.

After a few days in intensive care, Priscilla’s strength returned—along with her smile. Now 23 months old, she’s still facing health challenges, but she’s stronger, eating better, and her hospital visits are less frequent. There’s hope for a brighter future. 

Over 100 years ago, our founder Eglantyne Jebb imagined a better world for children. Today, children's potential to change the world is at the heart of our global movement.

It's behind everything we say and do - as reflected in our strategy.

With a worldwide staff of around 24,000, we're working to change the future for good. Our UK leadership shapes our goals and ensures we achieve them, and is held accountable by our board of trustees. 

Our incredible volunteers run over 100 shops, organise 300 local fundraising branches & put on amazing events around Britain. 

And we're working for a better world with celebrities, corporate partners, trusts and institutions.

Together there is hope. Together we power possible.
 

In May 1919, our organisation was born to save the lives of children left to starve in the ruins of post-war Europe. 

But to do that, our founder Eglantyne Jebb needed to change the way the world looked at children altogether.​

She did. Before long, Jebb inspired people from Washington to Wellington to help those who were, until recently, the children of their ‘enemies’. 

She brought an entirely fresh perspective to children’s situation and created new possibilities to support them.​

Today, we’re the world’s leading independent children’s organisation. We’re still helping transform children’s lives...