War Child UK
We will never give up on children living through conflict. 🖤
- 🎟️ TICKETS ON SALE NOW 🎟️ Our newly announced BRITs Week for War Child headliners - Olivia Dean, Spiritualized and The K's - are officially on sale! Grab your tickets now: bit.ly/4stsDqL Missed out? You can still enter the prize draw for a £10 donation for a chance to win a pair of tickets.
- 🚨 NEW SHOWS ADDED 🚨 We are so excited to announce that Olivia Dean, Spiritualized and The K's have joined our #BRITsWeek for War Child lineup! 🔗 Sign up for presale access by 3PM tomorrow: bit.ly/4rTjbg2
- War Child Records presents ‘HELP(2)’ - the new collaborative album, out 6th March 2026. We made this album to help. You can help too. Pre-order now: warchildrecs.ffm.to/help2 All proceeds from this album support War Child's work with children living through conflict. <Credit to JG / Academy>
- Each year, Oxford University Press names a Children’s Word of the Year. For 2025, children across the UK chose peace. With 1 in 5 children worldwide now living through or affected by conflict, it’s no surprise. They’re paying attention. They’re asking for change. It’s time the world listened.
- 🎟️ Tickets are on sale now for BRITs Week 2026: bit.ly/4stsDqL One-off shows. Intimate venues. Fatboy Slim, Lambrini Girls, Myles Smith, Jack Savoretti & Katherine Jenkins, kwn, Josh Baker, ROSSI. and Jacob Alon - all performing live in support of War Child.
- 520 million children are having their lives devastated by war worldwide. 1/5
- From Venezuela to Iran, Syria to Sudan, Gaza to Ukraine, and countless other countries, we are seeing a dangerous global pattern: growing instability, eroded protections, rights violations and children paying the price for this failure. 2/5
- Conflict robs children of safety, education, healthcare, and hope - and the consequences for many will last a lifetime. But it doesn't have to be this way. 3/5
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View full threadChildren cannot afford a world where these protections are allowed to fall apart. Speak out, demand accountability, and stand with children caught in conflict - wherever they are, and whether or not the world is paying attention. 5/5
- BRITs Week for War Child is back! Presale sign-ups are now open 🔗 bit.ly/4rTjbg2 One-off shows. Intimate venues. Artists you love. Playing live to help protect children affected by war. 1/5
- ❤️ Fatboy Slim, Lambrini Girls, Myles Smith, Jack Savoretti & Katherine Jenkins, kwn, Josh Baker, ROSSI. and Jacob Alon. 2/5
- Right now, 1 in 5 children worldwide are growing up affected by conflict. Instead of safety, school and play, they face fear, displacement and loss every single day. The need for action has never been more urgent. 3/5
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View full threadBRITs Week 2026 is made possible through the support of our partners DHL Express 5/5
- For 1,000 days children in Sudan have been running from gunfire, abduction, rape and forced recruitment. Many are alone, separated from their families or orphaned, walking hundreds of kilometres trying to find safety. 1/3
- We’re calling on the UK Government to: • Push for an end to attacks on civilians • Protect children from trafficking & recruitment by armed groups • Stop the flow of arms into Sudan • Insist on humanitarian access to areas cut off from aid agencies 2/3
- ✍️ Sign and share our petition: bit.ly/3KA8E8N 3/3
- 🎶#BRITsWeek will return for 2026! Your favourite artists play their most intimate shows, all in support of War Child’s work with children caught up in conflict. 🔗 If you want to be there, sign up for emails and be first to hear latest music news from #WarChild: bit.ly/4stsDqL #BRITs
- Today War Child joins 53 organisations in calling on the Government of Israel to immediately halt the suspension of NGOs and remove all barriers to humanitarian aid. Read the full statement: bit.ly/3YlAJ7c
- As we enter 2026, our cause remains clear: no child should be part of war. Ever. More children are at risk from conflict than at any time since WWII. With your support, we will protect children, keep them learning, support recovery, and defend their rights—into 2026 and beyond.
- For children around the world, this time of year should mean family, warmth, and safety. For thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred into Russia, it means something very different. Sign our petition to help bring them back where they belong: bit.ly/4m6LB2b
- We’ve been blown away by @jinglejam.co.uk 2025! Together, you’ve raised over £440K for children living through conflict. 🙌 A huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported Team War Child, whether you donated, fundraised, or watched along. We couldn’t do our vital work without you. ❤️
- Children in Sudan are being left to starve. Right now, only 35% of the humanitarian aid needed in 2025 has been pledged, according to Care International. Governments are cutting aid even as need grows more extreme every day. 1/3
- As a result, 180k children are living in areas experiencing famine with almost no food - facing severe hunger, malnutrition, and death. The World Food Programme has warned that without urgent funding, they will soon have to stretch food supplies, even in famine-hit areas. 2/3
- How long will the UK Government watch as children starve to death? Sign our petition now at: bit.ly/3KA8E8N 3/3
- A big thank you to Far From Home for partnering with War Child on an exciting new artifact DLC in @foreverskies.bsky.social! When you buy this new in-game add on, every penny raised will support mental health, education, and safe spaces for children affected by conflict around the world.
- We’ve teamed up with @warchilduk.bsky.social to release a one-off DLC featuring an adventurous cosmic bear✨ All proceeds go to War Child’s life-changing support for children affected by conflict. Steam - store.steampowered.com/app/4196930/... PS5 - store.playstation.com/en-gb/produc...
- We are blown away by the incredible @jinglejam.co.uk fundraising! You've now raised £400K+ for War Child! That could provide 2,000 children in Afghanistan at risk of child labour, early marriage and exploitation with protection, trauma recovery and long term support.
- You have just a few hours left to bid on fantastic fan-made gifts inspired by BG3, Clair Obscur and so much more from @aliona.bsky.social and Jennifer English for @jinglejam.co.uk: tilt.fyi/t6VbObQ6xO Every bid makes a real difference to the lives of children living in war zones around the world.
- The legendary Jennifer English and @aliona.bsky.social raised an amazing £35K in their @jinglejam.co.uk stream for War Child this week! You can still support: bid on unique Baldur's Gate 3 & Clair Obscur gifts, preloved and donated by Jen & Aliona: bit.ly/48idGzY Auction ends: 14 Dec
- A huge thank you to ZeaIand who played FM26 as the amazing @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social for a week of spectacular fundraising as part of @jinglejam.co.uk 2025!
- Our first-ever Jingle Jamboree raised an incredible £27K in support of children in conflict! This special night at @loading.bar was filled with fun and festive chaos with the excellent @outsidexbox.bsky.social Catch up on the stream and support: tilt.fyi/TyvoYUAVse
- Creators, you have one day left to take on our Bingo Challenge for @jinglejam.co.uk! Complete these in-game actions to raise awareness of how we support children affected by conflict. Send us clips and screenshots by 23:59 GMT Thu 11 Dec for a chance to win a Logitech headset!
- Yesterday, the UN confirmed that over 9,000 children in Gaza were hospitalised for malnutrition in October alone - the latest figures available. Call on the UK Government to act now. Demand sufficient aid is allowed in immediately.✍️ Sign the petition: bit.ly/3MAgWOw
- Coming to you from War Child's Jingle Jamboree... @outsidexbox.bsky.social are now live! Join the gang for their first-ever game of LEGO Party, packed with chaotic challenges and festive forfeits. Who will win the most Golden Bricks? Tune in now: www.youtube.com/outsidexbox
- 🎉 @jinglejam.co.uk just hit £2m raised, with £280k for War Child in just 1 week! That could fund 7 safe spaces in Gaza where children can play, learn, heal, and get specialist support. Thank you to everyone who has supported! 1 week left, let’s keep going: bit.ly/4axVqE4
- War Child UK strongly welcomes this crucial vote at the UN General Assembly. The international community has spoken: Russia’s mass deportation and transfer of children must end. And every child must be safely returned to Ukraine. 📢 Sign our petition – bit.ly/4m6LB2b
- Last night, our 12th annual Wassail, hosted by our Founding Global Ambassadors, Carey Mulligan and Marcus Mumford, marked a milestone: Over £3.7 million raised to fund our vital work supporting children affected by conflict. Read more in British Vogue: bit.ly/4pM9vlz
- The legendary Jennifer English and @aliona.bsky.social raised an amazing £35K in their @jinglejam.co.uk stream for War Child this week! You can still support: bid on unique Baldur's Gate 3 & Clair Obscur gifts, preloved and donated by Jen & Aliona: bit.ly/48idGzY Auction ends: 14 Dec
- The @jinglejam.co.uk fun continues with our Quiz Of The Year, starting now with Frankie Ward, @missvadams.bsky.social, @bigtaffman.bsky.social, @itsmissbubbles.bsky.social, @chocolatekieran.bsky.social, & @katertot-ttv.bsky.social! 🙋Play along with #TeamWarChild: bit.ly/4r9U2xg
- ❗Sign our new petition to tell Keir Starmer: Don't turn your back on Sudan🔗 bit.ly/3KA8E8N 15 million children desperately need help. The scale of killings, injury and sexual abuse is horrifying. Families are experiencing unimaginable trauma. The UK must not stand by.
- Win 2 exclusive tickets to the sold-out #AURORA: An Intimate Show on Wednesday 10 December at London’s Union Chapel and help War Child bring comfort, warmth and joy to children affected by war this winter. Donate now to enter the prize draw: tilt.fyi/ncU5j2BXKs
- Thrilled to see AURORA's powerful @the-independent.com cover story highlighting neurodivergence, activism, and the urgent need to support children whose lives have been torn apart by war. Read AURORA's thoughts here 👇 bit.ly/3MaETvP No child should be part of war. Ever.
