Articles Tagged: Save the Children

Universal credit: Why 150,000 single working mums will be worse off

By Marianne Kavanagh, Mar 14, 2012

The charity Save the Children says that 150,000 of the country’s poorest single parents will be worse off by up to £68 a week under the Coalition Government’s new Universal Credit. This may mean that a quarter of a million children will be pushed further into poverty.

Celebrity mums Kym Marsh and Karren Brady join the fight to stop working single mums losing up to £68 a week in benefits

By Keith Kendrick, Mar 14, 2012

Single mothers could lose up to £68 a week in benefits under plans to change the benefits system, according to Save the Children.

IKEA launches soft toy campaign for UNICEF

By Kelly Rose Bradford, Oct 24, 2011

IKEA will launch their annual Soft Toy Campaign to support UNICEF this half term, donating €1 to the charity from every sale of a cuddly toy, children's book or meal.

Parents spend third of income on childcare - more than any other country

By Liz Stansfield, Sep 7, 2011

Research from Save the Children and Daycare Trust shows we're spending almost a THIRD of our income just on childcare, making Britain the most expensive country to be a working parent.

UK aid to help 70,000 starving children in African droughts

By Liz Stansfield, Jul 19, 2011

£52 million of aid is heading to Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya to help provide food and clean drinking water to the 10 million suffering in the worst drought for 60 years