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Children

How to talk to children about money during the cost of living crisis
Summer survival guide

How to talk to children about money during the cost of living crisis

1 in 5 key worker families have children growing up in poverty
child reading a book on a sofa
In-work poverty

1 in 5 key worker families have children growing up in poverty

Cheap and fun activities to keep your children entertained over the summer holidays
children
Summer Survival Guide

Cheap and fun activities to keep your children entertained over the summer holidays

How supermarkets are helping families over the summer holidays
Image of family/ Supermarkets
Summer survival guide

How supermarkets are helping families over the summer holidays

Louise Pentland's top 5 tips for surviving the summer holidays as a parent
Summer survival guide

Louise Pentland's top 5 tips for surviving the summer holidays as a parent

The Big Issue's Summer Survival Guide: Helping families through the holidays in a cost of living crisis
Summer survival guide/ Image of children playing
Summer survival guide

The Big Issue's Summer Survival Guide: Helping families through the holidays in a cost of living crisis

Poorest parents spend three times more on childcare than the richest
Childcare

Poorest parents spend three times more on childcare than the richest

'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
record temperatures/ carers of disabled children/ image of child in wheelchair
Heatwave

'There's no support for us at all': The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave

Child poverty: Two-fifths of children under five are missing key developmental milestones
Child poverty

Child poverty: Two-fifths of children under five are missing key developmental milestones

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents
Social mobility

Most Brits think today’s children will find life harder than their parents

Care leavers campaign for better support: 'We don't have a great start in life when we turn 18'
Social Justice

Care leavers campaign for better support: 'We don't have a great start in life when we turn 18'

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations
Social Justice

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations

Child benefit: Why your payment has been reduced ahead of the Queen's Jubilee
Welfare system

Child benefit: Why your payment has been reduced ahead of the Queen's Jubilee

Will having the calorie content of our meals on menus actually tackle the obesity epidemic?
Bananas and Wotsits
Food

Will having the calorie content of our meals on menus actually tackle the obesity epidemic?

Plans to restrict student loans by GCSE grades labelled an ‘attack on the working class’
Education

Plans to restrict student loans by GCSE grades labelled an ‘attack on the working class’

The Big Exchange: Make an ethical investment for your child's future this Christmas
The Big Exchange

The Big Exchange: Make an ethical investment for your child's future this Christmas

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Plastic-free presents for babies, toddlers and children this Christmas
Ethical Shopping

Plastic-free presents for babies, toddlers and children this Christmas

Pandemic effect on deprived children's health could last into adulthood
children's health
health inequality

Pandemic effect on deprived children's health could last into adulthood

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes
Children in care can be handcuffed under the law as a last resort
Social care

Children in care are being handcuffed on their way to school and foster homes

Top tips for your Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition entry from Sarah McIntyre
Art

Top tips for your Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition entry from Sarah McIntyre

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