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UK spends almost seven times more on fossil fuel subsidies than needed to educate 84 million children

In 2024 alone, the UK spent more than £3 billion in fossil fuel producer subsidies, almost seven times more than the £430 million that Save the Children is calling on the UK​Government to pledge to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) this week at the UN General Assembly in New York.

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Educating Girls on Climate Change & Building Resilience: Why It Matters

Discover why climate education for girls matters, how climate change affects their learning, and how Save the Children wants to build gender-inclusive climate change resilience around the world.

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School uniform announcement will 'give families some breathing space to focus on supporting their children back to school'

Parents have told us all summer about their worries about the cost of their children returning to school. Today's announcement, alongside the new extension of free school meals and uniform grants, will remove some of that worry, and give families some breathing space to focus on supporting their children back to school.

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HALF OF WELSH PARENTS WORRIED ABOUT SCHOOL UNIFORM COSTS AHEAD OF THE NEW TERM

Over half of parents (53%) in Wales are worried about the cost of school uniforms ahead of the new school year, according to research commissioned by Save the Children.

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Education is the Investment the World Cannot Afford to Ignore

16,000 organisations united in one message: invest in education. More than 190 partners, representing over 16,000 organisations from around the world unite behind a powerful call to action: the world must not turn its back on one of the greatest proven investments for peace, prosperity, and equality: education. This blog amplifies children's calls for education to be a priority, setting out why decision-makers must step up and address the global education financing gap. No Funding. No Learning. No Chance. The time to invest is now!

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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.

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What have we Learned? Lessons on implementation from the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC)

We previously published the results of the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge, showing that our performance, while not neglible, fell short of what was expected. In this blog we dig into what went right, and what went wrong.

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Gender inequality in education

Access to education is a fundamental human right, yet millions of girls and women continue to experience gender inequality which prevents them from receiving the same opportunities as boys and men. This article explores the causes and consequences of gender inequality in education and discusses strategies to achieve gender equality in learning environments.

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The results are out! A summary of Save the Children's evaluation results for the Sierra Leone Education Innovation Challenge (SLEIC)

This blog provides a brief summary of the learning gains we achieved through the SLEIC programme, and what they might mean.

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Choosing to have children despite the climate crisis

Choosing to bring new life into an uncertain future is never an easy decision to make - but the hope and possibility that all children bring can be galvanising.

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