Useful Information
SCI and SCUK Pre-Departure Information
Venue details:
The Global Forum 2026 will be hosted at the Save the Children UK & Save the Children International office in London at:
1 St John’s Lane
Farringdon
London
EC1M 4AR
SOCIAL MEDIA
All participants are advised to refrain from covering this event on their personal social media channels, and to keep a low profile on any professional channels.
How to get to the President Hotel
- Delegates will need to organise their own transport to the hotel upon arrival into London.
- From London Heathrow, the easiest way is to take the London Underground, Piccadilly Line to Russell Square station. Journey takes about 1 hour and then it is about a 3 min walk to the hotel. You can also take the Elizabeth Line to Tottenham court road station (35 min) and then it is a 20 min walk to the hotel
- From London Gatwick, take the Thameslink train to St Pancreas Station (45 min) and then either walk 15 min to the hotel or transfer to the Piccadilly Line and go one stop to Russell Square Station.
How to get to the SCUK/SCI Office at 1 St John’s Lane, Farringdon, London EC1M 4AR
From Heathrow - Follow the signs to the Elizabeth line. You can use your contactless credit or debit card to pay by tapping in and out at the entrance (on the yellow card reader). Take the Elizabeth line to Farringdon Station direct service. Journey time is approx. 40 min.
From Gatwick: - Follow the signs through to the train station and go to the ticket desk. There is a direct train line (called Thameslink) that will take you from Gatwick to Farringdon station (5 min to the office) – take a train with destination of Bedford, Luton or St. Albans. The journey will take under an hour. If there are problems with this train line, take the Gatwick Express which will take you to London Victoria Station in approximately 30 minutes. You can purchase train tickets with a bank card or with cash at Gatwick. Once at London Victoria station follow the signs to the Underground and use your contactless credit or debit card to pay by tapping in and out at the entrance (on the yellow card reader). Take the Victoria line (pale blue) to Kings Cross St. Pancras. Once here change and take the Circle (yellow), Hammersmith & City (pink) or Metropolitan (purple) tube line one stop eastbound to Farringdon station.
From President Hotel
Thurs and Fri morning – buses will be provided to transport participants to the SCUK/SCI office. Leaving at 09:00 on Thurs and 08:15 on Friday
- Underground (25 min) – walk 3 min to Russell Square station, take Piccadilly Line one stop to King’s Cross/St Pancreas and then change to Circle/Metropolitan/Hammersmith & City lines eastbound, go one stop to Farringdon station.
- Walking (25 min) – please use Google maps for directions
Accommodation
Participants need to book their own accommodation. We hope this will provide delegates with more flexibility with their hotel bookings.
Hotel rooms have been held at the President Hotel, 56-60 Guildford St. London WC1N 1DB which is a 25 min walk or 20 min by public transportation to the SCUK/SCI office at 1 St John’s Lane. We have negotiated a rate of £175 per night (including VAT and breakfast) which is significantly cheaper than the hotels around the SCUK/SCI office. Buses will be available on Thurs and Fri mornings from the President Hotel to the SCUK/SCI office.
To get the SCI negotiated rate, you will need to book your room with Key Travel. You can you use their Online Booking Tool www.keytravel.com or email: sci@keytravel.com. If you have not used the Key Travel Online Booking Tool before, please email bookers@keytravel.com to get registered on the site.
Rooms are being held until 12 June. After this date, bookings at the negotiated rate will be based on availability.
SCI staff are required to book the President Hotel using Key Travel. If the President Hotel is not available, please check for alternative options with Key travel within the £195 London cap. Save the Children Member delegates have the option to book any hotel they prefer.
All SCI staff irrespective of funding and any SC Member seconded to SCI or funded by SCI should have an approved TAR and use Key travel to book their flights and hotels in UK.
SC Member staff should complete a TAR. Member staff may use their own travel company unless seconded or funded by SCI.
The TAR system can be accessed on OneNet at the following LINK
Key Travel One-Page Info Sheet and Contacts
Electrical outlets
The UK electrical outlet (Type G) operates at 230V and 50Hz, featuring three distinct rectangular pins in a triangular pattern
For more travel information, please see the Pre-departure Information (PDI) for the SCUK/SCI London office
Food
The event fee covers coffee breaks during the Global Forum meeting and lunch and reception dinner on Thurs, 1 Oct.
Outside of these times, participants will be required to get their own food. Exceptions include other meetings planned such as the Board and CD meetings
Dress code
Dress throughout the week will be business casual. This typically means dress shirts without blazer/jacket, dress trousers, blouses, skirts, closed-toe shoes and simple dresses.
Emergency Contacts
- Pat Hayden: +41 76 704 77 84
- Dean Chan: +44 7980 765 098
UK Visa Letters
If you need support for flight and/or hotel itinerary for your visa letter, please contact Key travel sci@keytravel.com
Please note the instructions below to obtain support for UK visa letters (if required) to attend the 2026 Global Forum in Sept:
Please send:
- A clear copy of your passport biographical details page
- The name of the visa office where you will submit your application
- The full address of that visa office (where available)
To: globalpeopleoperations@savethechildren.org, copying Nomveliso Zakwe (Nomveliso.Zakwe@savethechildren.org), Sara Roeder (sara.roeder@savethechildren.org), (janet.odada@savethechildren.org)
If you have any other questions about the Global Forum, please feel free to email globalforum@savethechildren.org.