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Press office

The Save the Children press office is available 24 hours a day to respond to requests and enquiries from media all over the world.



Contact details for journalists

Media unit: +44 (0)20 7012 6841
Out of office hours: +44 (0)7831 650409
media@savethechildren.org.uk


Recent News

Wednesday 1 October 2008 Save the Children instructed to withdraw from Tamil Tigers stronghold in Sri Lanka
Deadline for international aid agencies to quit the Northern parts of Sri Lanka expires.
Friday 26 September 2008 Over 10 million affected as Indian floods worsen
Save the Children increases its appeal to US$4 million after Orissa region is hit by flooding
Thursday 25 September 2008 Middle East Quartet is failing, warn aid agencies
The Middle East Quartet (EU, Russia, UN, USA) is failing - making inadequate progress towards improving the lives of Palestinians nor improving the prospects for peace - according to a new report by leading aid agencies published today
Thursday 25 September 2008 We’ve saved the bankers — now let’s save the children
As Gordon Brown meets world leaders in New York this week, Save the Children today urges the Prime Minister to bring home a deal that could save millions of children’s lives.
Wednesday 24 September 2008 Mischa Barton, Queen Rania, Desmond Tutu join anti poverty groups to end poverty at UN meeting
MAJOR GLOBAL ACTION PLANNED
Tuesday 23 September 2008 'Child poverty target in legislation' says Brown
Save the Children welcomes the announcement that the child poverty target will go into legislation.
Monday 22 September 2008 Ross Kemp meets the glue kids of Kenya
Ross Kemp and his BAFTA winning documentary team return to Eldoret to ask how Sky1 viewers and Save the Children can make a difference to the street children of Kenya.
Friday 19 September 2008 Thousands of villages still flooded, millions still homeless one month after deluge in India’s poorest state
Children who were forced to flee their villages to escape flooding in Bihar, northern India, are still homeless and living in appalling conditions.
Friday 19 September 2008 Government ‘to end discrimination against asylum-seeking children’
Children seeking asylum and those who have been trafficked into the UK are to receive the same rights to education, health and support services as British children, according to the BBC today.
Wednesday 17 September 2008 Save the Children's Iron Woman takes on the Monster
Save the Children's very own Iron Woman, Andrea Priestley, won the First Monster 'Iron Challenge' on Saturday, a solo duathlon around the banks of Loch Ness.