Welcome
To Understanding Save the
Children
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What’s the course for?
• Tell you a bit about Save the Children
• Help you understand our vision, mission & values
• Explain your role in relation to the whole of Save the
Children’s work
• Get to know other people from around the organisation
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The plan for today
• Who we are and what we do
• Our history and our future
• What do we do and how do we do it
• How do we say who we are
• How we raise money
• Systems, Policies and Procedures
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“We cannot leave defenceless
children anywhere exposed to ruin
– moral or physical……..In this
respect it is essential that we
should put the world in order, and
put it in order without delay.”
Eglantyne Jebb
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Our vision
We look forward to a world:
• that respects and values each child
• that listens to children and learns, and
• where all children have hope and opportunity.
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Our mission
Save the Children fights for children’s rights. We
deliver immediate and lasting improvement to children’s
lives worldwide.
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Our values
We’re outraged by child exploitation, neglect and
suffering. We demand justice for the world’s
poorest and most vulnerable children.
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Our values
We’re ambitious about achieving dramatic change
for children, and we’re determined to deliver it.
We never give in to those who think big changes
are impossible.
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Our values
We’re creative. We’re always looking for new and better ways to
help children, drawing on different perspectives and experiences
around the world – especially those of children themselves. We’re
not afraid to provoke and surprise people if it gets the job done.
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Our values
We keep our promises to children, to our supporters
and partners, and to each other. We work hard to
earn their trust, and we take responsibility for
everything we say and do.
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Our history
Founded in 1919 by Eglantyne Jebb
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Our history
• Since 1919 we’ve made big breakthroughs for
children’s rights, in the UK and internationally
• Can you match the breakthrough with the decade?
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what do we do
- and how we do it
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The team
400
London
paid staff
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150
UK
paid staff
4500
Globally
paid staff
20,000+
Volunteers
Areas we’re focusing on
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Health
Access to quality local health
services
Freedom from
hunger
Local safety nets to reduce
malnutrition
Education
Access and completion of quality,
inclusive basic education
Protection
Access to quality local and
national protection systems
Cross-cutting issues
Social protection programmes
Good governance
Climate Change
Economic growth
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Where we work
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Fragile
Poorest
Transition
Developed
(UK)
Our country portfolio will evolve over next 5-10 years to give a spread across all 4 key stages of
development.
Example of our work
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An International Alliance
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Together we can achieve
greater impact for children
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Respective Boards of the 27 Members
Annual Members Meeting
Comprises representatives from all 25 Alliance
Members and the 3 Associates
28 representatives*
Elects Alliance Board
Alliance Board (10 board members)
Comprises a nominee of 7 Members (Norway, Sweden,
UK and US** + 3 smaller Members***) +
Australia
Canada
Denmark
Dom.Rep
Fiji
Finland
Germany
Honduras
Iceland
India
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Lithuania
Mexico
Norway
Romania
Spain
Swaziland
Sweden
UK
US
Guatemala
7 CEOs (in some
circumstances, the chair)
Chair of the Alliance + 2 independent directors
Secretariat
30 people in London, including Secretary General and
Key Challenge Directors
Stronger
Members
team
Rewrite
the Future
Team
UP Team
Support
Team
Netherlands NZealand
S. Korea
Switzerland
* Representatives of Germany, India and Switzerland attend the Annual Members Meeting but are not entitled to vote.
•** And any other Member responsible for more than 5% of the Alliance budget. Currently only the four mentioned above
•*** Smaller Members
are those contributing to less than 5% of the Alliance budget. Their Board nominees are elected by the Members representing <5%.
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Where Unified Presence can take us – from this....
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IMPACT FOR CHILDREN
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Change for Children
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Our ten year ambition - breakthroughs for children
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Fewer children die needlessly
Children caught up in a crisis can expect to get a
basic education
Orphans and other children at risk are less likely to be
put institutions
The most marginalised and poorest children in the UK
are served properly by government programmes
Children and their carers are able to hold agencies to
account
Our ten year ambition
(how we’ll achieve those breakthroughs)
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Children are central
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A great place to work
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Communicating for results
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Growth and impact
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Innovative connections
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A powerful global Alliance
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Our three year plan
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Focus our programmes and boost emergencies capability
Meaningfully involve children
Lay the foundations to increase income dramatically
Manage our finances strategically
Strengthen and support our workforce
Inspire more support
Continue to build a powerful Alliance
Improve our systems
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So what does that mean for you?
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Where we are one year on…
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How do we say
who we are?
This is a summary of what we
stand for......
Challenging injustice,
inspiring change for children
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Communicating externally
We’re the world’s independent children’s
rights organisation. We’re outraged that
millions of children are still denied proper
healthcare, food, education and protection
and we’re determined to change that.
Save the Children UK is a member of the
International Save the Children Alliance,
transforming children’s lives in more than
100 countries.
www.savethechildren.org.uk
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How do we raise
money?
“Save the Children will take the lead
in making many of the problems
children face today a thing of the
past”
Jasmine Whitbread
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Saving Children
Charities have two inter-dependant parts:
Having the biggest
impact on beneficiaries
i.e. CHILDREN
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Raising the money
to make that possible
Fundraising context
54% of the British population give to charity every month
48% of men give to charity and 59% of women
We are ranked 5th out of 190,000 UK charities (by voluntary income)
1) Cancer Research UK (£297m)
2) Oxfam (£176m)
3) British Red Cross (£115m)
4) RNLI (£108m)
5) Save the Children (£95.8m)
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6) Macmillan (£91m)
7) NSPCC (£90m)
8) Christian Aid (£89m)
9) RSPCA (88m)
10) Salvation Army (£87m)
The Fundraising challenge
INCOME
YEAR
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How we fundraise
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Individuals
Legacies
Corporates
Trusts
Major Donors
Community
Retail
Innovation
Total raised last year
£69,765,526
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Systems, Policies & Procedures
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safeguarding policy
• it recognises and raises awareness
• clarifies responsibilities
• places mandatory reporting requirement on us
• Child Safeguarding Policy defines expectations
regarding our behaviour
THE CHILD must be in a position to earn a livelihood and must be protected
against every form of exploitation.
Taken from the Declaration of the Rights of the Child (1923)
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safeguarding policy
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children are protected
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staff are protected
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Save the Children is protected
Where can I learn more:
• E-learning module
• one day workshop
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code of conduct
key elements
• introductory statement
• protection of children
• protection of self & others
• reporting incidents & concerns
• respect for others
• personal & professional conduct
• protection of assets & resources
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induction - next steps
• debrief with line manager and explore next steps
• use performance management form
• core training programme areas you must cover:
- Child rights
- Child participation
- Safeguarding children
- Code of Conduct
- Diversity & cultural awareness
- HIV and AIDS awareness
- People and Performance Management
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