[5] Youth employability and vocational training programmes to provide young people with the skills and confidence to build fulfilling careers and independent lives.

[9] Supporters include Stephen Hawking, Alexander McCall Smith, Anyika Onuora, Richard Attenborough, Kate Humble and Wayne Rooney.

[11] Angelina Jolie is a long-term supporter and has visited SOS Children's Villages in Haiti, Ethiopia and Jordan.

[13] Upon his death in December 2013, SOS Children's Villages joined in memorials to celebrate his life.

Current trustees are Harpinder Collacott (Chair), Graham Budd, Matthew de Villiers, Nicola Robert, Ian Briggs, Susie Hargreaves and Solava Ibrahim.