See our resources

At SOS Children we value the commitment of our supporters who give their time, energy and donations to help the children in our care. On this page are a variety of resources to help you learn more about our work and help raise awareness of SOS Children.

If you are a supporter, you might be interested in subscribing to our twice-yearly magazine or monthly eNews. If you are a teacher, you might find our lesson plans useful.  If you want to find out more about our finances, our annual reports are available.

Please use any of these free resources to find out more about SOS Children or to help support us.

Annual Review

Our accounts and annual reviews are available from our charity accounts section.

Fundraising Resources

Gift Aid Form

If you are a UK taxpayer, completing this Gift Aid form will increase the value of your donation by 25% at no extra cost to you.

Event and Challenge Sponsorship Form

We have an event and challenge sponsorship form if you want to raise money for SOS Children.  Please use this form to get friends and family to pledge their donation.  Alternatively you can raise money for us on MyDonate, Justgiving or Virgin Money Giving.

General Information

eNews

We send out an email every month covering all of the events and stories that we think might be of interest to you.  If you would like to receive this email please sign up to eNews

Family Matters

If you would like to subscribe to our magazine on-line (via email) then see our form here.

To read the latest issue, download Family Matters in pdf format by clicking on the image to the left or link above. You may also be interested in back issues of Family Matters:

• Family Matters - Spring 2013
  
• Family Matters - Autumn 2012
• Family Matters - Spring 2012: Keeping families together
• Family Matters - Autumn 2011: In safe hands
• Family Matters - Spring 2011: A healthier future
• Family Matters - Autumn 2010: Haiti

Fundraising Matters

Fundraising Matters showcases the amazing work of some of our many supporters.

The people featured here have raised donations and raised awareness of SOS Children’s vital work with orphaned and abandoned children around the world.

We have combined Fundraising Matters with its sister publication Family Matters (see above), but you are welcome to browse these back issues:

• Fundraising Matters - Spring 2012
• Fundraising Matters - Autumn 2011
• Fundraising Matters - Spring 2011
• Fundraising Matters - Autumn 2010

Sponsorship handbook

We send you this handbook when you sponsor an SOS Child or Village. It is designed to help you get the most from your sponsorship and answer any questions you may have.

Companies brochure

This Companies brochure is for those interested in learning how SOS Children can work with companies as part of their corporate social responsibilities programmes.

SOS Children and you

This short introduction to the work of SOS Children encapsulates the many ways we support vulnerable families and children, and how you can help.

SOS Children in focus

SOS Children in focus is a two-page fact-sheet giving an overview of our work around the world.

Educational Resources:

Wikipedia for Schools

This is a child-friendly version of the Wikipedia website. It is available here on the website as well as on a USB memory stick

Lesson Plans:

Lesson plans and resources on the following topics are available to download here for free.  Have a look through them and see if they would be interesting to your students:

Other resources:

See Pound a Day, a site which helps you to assess your spending.

All our materials on this page are free. For more information or to request any of these materials, please call 01223 365 589 or email info@soschildren.org