Cutting the aid budget to increase defence is a betrayal of the world’s most vulnerable children and the UK’s national interest.

Save the Children UK is to put 197 jobs at risk in a reorganisation aimed at increasing impact in the UK and around the world and strengthening its financial position.

Save the Children is asking the question – where is the missing Ukraine money? Have you seen it? Because we haven’t – and neither have the children of Ukraine.

Musician and Save the Children ambassador Sophie Ellis-Bextor has visited Warsaw in Poland to meet with refugee children.

KINSHASA, 12 February 2025 – At least 28 children were among 52 people killed in a violent attack in Djugu territory, Ituri province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as a wave of extreme violence fuels an escalating humanitarian crisis across the country, said Save the Children.

AXA XL is providing a grant of $1.2 million to Save the Children for a five-year initiative to mitigate the impact of climate change across coastal ecosystems in Sierra

PORT SUDAN, 10 February 2025 – The last quarter of 2024 saw more violence in Sudan than at any time since the conflict began nearly two years ago, Save the Children said, with significant violent attacks against children and other civilians continuing into 2025.

Alarming trend continues into 2025, with at least 10 Palestinian children among 70 people killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

It is essential that this funding is additional to supplement a constrained aid budget and prioritises children on the frontline of these crises.

19th January 2025 - The Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator, funded by GSK, has awarded two innovation projects for finding unique solutions to help more children receive vaccinations.

GAZA, 18 January 2025 – Getting food, water, and medical supplies to children in Gaza will be priorities for Save the Children once the pause in hostilities comes into effect on Sunday, with preparations underway in coordination with other aid organisations to deliver supplies as quickly as possible once entry points are reopened and security guaranteed.

GAZA, 14 January 2025 – The use of explosive weapons in Gaza in 2024 condemned an average of 475 children each month – or 15 children a day [1]- to potentially lifelong disabilities, including severely injured limbs and hearing impairments, said Save the Children.

GAZA, FRIDAY 3 JANUARY 2025 – Israeli airstrikes have killed about 80 people in Gaza in the first few days of the new year [1], Save the Children said. Meanwhile, the UN reports that children are dying due to lack of protection from the cold winter temperatures while Israeli authorities block aid including tents, clothing and bedding from entering the Strip.

Children are scared to return home seven days after devastating earthquakes hit the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, making for a very different Christmas this year.

PORT SUDAN, 24 December 2024 – The lives of hundreds of thousands of children are hanging in the balance with new data showing famine has spread to additional areas of Sudan after 20 months of conflict and is likely to expand to five more in North Darfur by May 2025, Save the Children said.

Dolphin Entertainment (NASDAQ: DLPN) proudly announces its latest scripted content project with the acquisition of rights to The Woman Who Saved the Children, an acclaimed biography by award-winning author Clare Mulley. The book, which chronicles the extraordinary life of humanitarian trailblazer and Save the Children founder Eglantyne Jebb, will be brought to life as a feature film under Dolphin’s production banner.

Up to 650,000 children [1] and their families are in danger after Cyclone Chido tore through northern Mozambique, Save the Children has warned.

Save the Children is urging the nation to make the world better with a sweater tomorrow for the charity’s annual Christmas Jumper Day which returns for its 13th year.

Between 2021 and 2023, the children’s charity provided a total of 5753 grants to UK families in colder months (October to March) compared to 2427 in warmer months.

As Syria faces a critical turning point with cautious optimism for the future, the needs of children have never been higher with an urgent increase in funding required.

LONDON, Monday December 9 - New analysis on the quality and quantity of childcare provision in England has revealed that the massive expansion of free childcare currently underway is at risk of not delivering for poorer families, according to a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Save the Children.

KYIV, 9 December 2024 – The war in Ukraine is taking an increasingly heavy toll on children’s mental health with some developing speech defects and uncontrollable twitching, while others have terrible nightmares and scream in their sleep, according to Save the Children.

Families living in Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp are resorting to desperate measures with some going as far as eating animal feed to survive after four months of famine.

GAZA, 30 November 2024 - It is with profound sadness that we confirm that a staff member of Save the Children was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis today, the second Save the Children colleague killed in Gaza since the war began.

GAZA, 29 November 2024 – About 235,000 children forced from their homes by bombs, bullets and displacement orders in Gaza are facing increasing risk of disease as days of heavy rains flood tents and turn camps into swamps, Save the Children said.

Boosting the financial pledge and constructive engagement on IDA21 are a down payment on the UK's support for multilateralism and international collaboration.

Save the Children welcomes the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah but said that the violence must stop immediately to protect children in Lebanon.

About 130,000 children aged under 10 have been trapped for 50 days in areas in northern Gaza that are almost entirely inaccessible to aid workers and not receiving food.

Experiencing its worst floods in decades, Bangladesh is ranked as the seventh most extreme disaster risk-prone country in the world.

The new target figure of $300 billion a year by 2035 flies in the face of what is needed to tackle this emergency.

New festive Shaun the Sheep animation celebrates Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day

Actress Ashley Jensen has joined a group of schoolchildren on a knitted red carpet in the East Midlands to host an exclusive premiere for Christmas Jumper Day.

We are outraged by the extremely low target of $250 billion per year by 2035 in the latest draft of the COP29 finance agreement.

More than half a million babies have been born in Ukraine since full-scale war broke out 1,000 days ago.

We welcome the Prime Minister's commitment to an 81% emissions reduction by 2035.

711 million children were exposed to extreme heatwaves in the first nine months of this year - the highest number recorded since 1992.

Content creator Shabaz Ali is the latest ambassador to be joining Save the Children UK and will be supporting the charity by running the 2025 London Marathon.

Celebrities urge the nation to swap, buy second-hand or re-wear a pre-loved jumper for Save the Children's annual festive fundraiser, Christmas Jumper Day.

Moazzam Malik, a former senior civil servant and diplomat, has been appointed Chief Executive of Save the Children UK.