Category - Poverty

More than one in three economically disadvantaged Year 8 students have a probable mental health condition, according to initial findings from a ground-breaking study to chart children’s wellbeing post the Covid-19...

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) fund will support projects that reduce the short or long-term effects of poverty on the life chances and outcomes for children. The Better Futures Fund (BFF) aims to...

Wirral mother among renters turning to food banks as gap between a two-bed and housing benefit hits £158 a month – rising to as much as £324 in London
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Nearly a quarter of households with children under five are experiencing food poverty, rising to one in two among single-parent families, according to analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think-tank. Read...

Charities say they ‘cannot continue to absorb the impact of child poverty’ without government support
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