The best charity clubs for kids

Animal mad kids can adopt their very own animal through the WWF from £5 per month (although you can choose to pay more, or pay annually). There's a choice of animals to adopt, including snow leopard, Bengal tiger, giant panda, and bottlenose dolphin. Your child will receive their own cuddly version of their adopted animal, a magazine three times a year, and an adoption package that includes a certificate, factbook, bookmark, stickers and more.

Alternatively, a subscription to WWF's Amazing Planet (from £10 a month) offers kids aged 7-11 a monthly magazine through the letterbox, full of facts, educational features and fun stuff. They can then bring it all to life in augmented reality by using the Amazing Planet app.

A great value option if you'd like to sign all of your children up for a charity membership, the RSPB's Youth Membership costs £25 per year for one child, or £36 for two to five children. Each child will get a Wild Welcome Pack, full of indoor fun ideas, plus a magazine tailored to their age group four to six times a year. There's also unlimited entry to over 100 nature reserves.

Children under 12 who love reading about pets and other animals can subscribe to the RSPCA's Animal Action magazine – for just £7.50 a year they will receive four issues straight to their door. Animal Action is packed with animal news, facts, RSPCA rescues, posters, puzzles and competitions. The RSPCA kids' blog, Animal Action Park, also offers information, activities, videos and fantastic pictures of animals.

Plan is a global children’s charity, working with thousands of communities in 51 of the world’s poorest countries to help realise children’s rights. Plan pioneered child sponsorship 80 years ago, and over one million children worldwide are sponsored through Plan. 

When you sponsor a child with Plan UK you have a unique one-to-one connection with a child and their family in one of the developing countries where Plan works, communicating with them through letters and photographs (some families even arrange to visit their sponsored child with Plan's support). In order to help your own child develop a connection with the child you sponsor you can ask Plan to sponsor a child of a specific age or in a specific location. Sponsorship costs from £19.50 a month.

Help your child learn about wildlife, the natural world and conservation with a Born Free kids' club membership (for ages 7-11).

Hear the Roar Club members receive a welcome pack which includes a Hear the Roar membership embroidered patch, a certificate and a Superstars chart, as well as monthly e-newsletters. The Hear the Roar magazine, packed with fun activities, educational facts, inspirational conservation ideas, games and more, is sent to members twice a year.