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Special thanks to our headline sponsor DHL Express, & partners: AEG Presents, @bpimusic.bsky.social, BRITs, BUILDHOLLYWOOD, Global & Warehouse Project for making #BRITsWeek possible. The need has never been more urgent, and with your support, we can reach even more children caught in conflict.

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❤️ This impact wouldn’t be possible without the incredible artists, labels, venues, and every single person who bought a ticket, donated, entered a prize draw, or supported in any way. Thank you.

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Right now, millions of children living through war are being denied safety, education, and a future. The funds raised through BRITs Week will help War Child reach children facing unimaginable challenges - providing protection, education, and hope when they need it most.

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We’re beyond proud to announce that BRITs Week 2026 has raised an incredible £1.16 million for War Child!

Our biggest #BRITsWeek ever brought 12 unforgettable shows to cities across the UK, giving fans the chance to see their favourite artists ahead of the UK’s biggest night in music.

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Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and colleagues left behind.

But words are not enough.

What is urgently needed now is the protection of civilians and humanitarian workers, accountability for violations, and an end to the impunity that allows such attacks to continue.

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Over 100 million children have now been caught up in the Middle East crisis.

Every day, thousands more are having to flee their homes to seek safety.

📣 Sign our petition: Tell the UK Government to take decisive action to end the fighting and protect children: warchild.org.uk/petition

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This Mother's Day, we honour mothers protecting childhoods in conflict. Sudanese mother smiling with her son and daughter.

Motherhood is being shaped by conditions of war no parent should ever have to face.

A Mother’s care is constant, complex and often invisible.

This Mother’s day we recognise the courageous act of caregiving mothers do to protect childhoods.

https://bit.ly/4bsx1Pe

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Inside the shelters supporting families fleeing the war in Lebanon Across 28 shelters, War Child and its partners are providing children and families with safety, care and support.

Across Lebanon, fleeing families are sleeping wherever they can - classrooms, temporary shelters and community buildings. War Child and our partners are helping run shelters where they can sleep, eat, and regain a small sense of safety. Read more: https://bit.ly/3P9WUvC

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Children in Lebanon are fleeing in fear. Tonight over 200,000 children will be sleeping on classroom floors, in overcrowded shelters, with relatives, or on the streets - anywhere but home.

Help us reach more children and families during this crisis. www.warchild.org.uk/appeal

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𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣(𝟮) - the new collaborative album from War Child Records - is OUT NOW: https://bit.ly/4re0qCq

Every purchase, stream and share of 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣(𝟮) helps support our work with children facing unimaginable circumstances around the world.

We are so grateful to everyone who helped bring this album to life.

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As violence escalates across the Middle East, it is children who are paying the highest price. Right now, our teams are responding with emergency support for vulnerable, traumatised children and their families.

🔗 Please support our response: bit.ly/4rSsAnN

Children deserve safety. Everywhere.

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Nearly 30 years after opening the original 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣 album, Oasis stand with War Child once again:

‘Acquiesce (Live from Wembley Stadium, 28 September ’25)’ - bonus 7” single inside the gatefold vinyl of 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗣(𝟮) and a hidden track on the double CD.

Stream & download Friday: warchildrecs.ffm.to/help2

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Win 1 of 4 pairs of tickets to Foo Fighters' sold out Manchester show! Enter our prize draw to be in with a chance to see Foo Fighters up close and personal, and make a real difference for children whose lives have been torn apart by war.

🎟️Enter by 10AM GMT Thursday 26: https://bit.ly/3P0Bb9d

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One year ago governments around the world announced historic aid cuts. These cuts are not abstract. They are immediate. And they are deadly.

🔗 Read the joint statement from charity leaders urging governments to reverse the cuts:
https://bit.ly/4aBARpX

*Source: Lancet Global Health

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“I’m not a psychologist who can easily forget.” After four years of war, Ukrainian children’s mental health needs are more urgent than ever.

Four years of war in Ukraine.

Half a million children are displaced within Ukraine. 2.2 million need humanitarian support.

Behind every number is a child trying to sleep, learn and feel safe amid bombs and drones.

Find out how War Child and our partners are supporting them: https://bit.ly/4qXtaiB

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He Was Fifteen and They Offered Him a Gun Children should never be a strategy of war.

Child recruitment by armed forces and groups has almost doubled in four years.

Right now, children are being taken from their homes and classrooms. Coerced, forced, manipulated.

But recruitment is not inevitable. It's preventable.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3MlIJme

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We are so excited to announce Robbie Williams is rounding out our BRITs Week for War Child 2026 lineup!

🎟️ Tickets go on sale 10am Friday. Sign up for presale access before 5PM TODAY 🔗 bit.ly/49fXVKa

BRITs Week is made possible through the support of our partners DHL Express

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🎟️ 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: https://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.

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🚨 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: https://bit.ly/4rTjbg2

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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.

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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.

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BRITs Week for War Child BRITs Week 2026, presented by War Child. Delivered by DHL. The biggest artists, play their most intimate shows to protect, educate, and stand up for the rights of children living through war.

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now for BRITs Week 2026: https://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.

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Children 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.

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We need collective action. Most of all, we need our political leaders to take a stand. We have to renew our commitment to international law and the rights of children – wherever and whenever they are being violated.

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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.

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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.

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520 million children are having their lives devastated by war worldwide.

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BRITs Week 2026 is made possible through the support of our partners DHL Express

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We’d love to keep in touch about our work and how you can continue to make a difference to children’s lives, by sending you updates we think you’ll be interested in, including fundraising, merchandise, cultural events and activities.

#BRITsWeek brings music lovers together to help #WarChild protect, educate, and stand up for children when they need it most.

⏰ Presale access closes at 3PM tomorrow. Sign up now via the link in bio to be first in line: bit.ly/4rTjbg2

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