Poverty

Up to 200,000 children going hungry during lockdown
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Up to 200,000 children going hungry during lockdown

Charity threatens court action over summer plan to end school meal vouchers
Free school meals
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Charity threatens court action over summer plan to end school meal vouchers

'Deeply flawed' school meal replacement scheme is making children go hungry
Free school meals
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'Deeply flawed' school meal replacement scheme is making children go hungry

Young women's mental health hit hard by poverty 'more than social media'
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Young women's mental health hit hard by poverty 'more than social media'

Accumulate are sending 500 art kits a week to homeless people in London
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Accumulate are sending 500 art kits a week to homeless people in London

John Bird: After Covid-19, our vision of a fairer society MUST be more than a fairytale
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John Bird

John Bird: After Covid-19, our vision of a fairer society MUST be more than a fairytale

Social enterprise gives 1,500 wellbeing-boosting colouring books to foodbanks
think2speak colouring books show how wellbeing can be improved through the arts
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Social enterprise gives 1,500 wellbeing-boosting colouring books to foodbanks

UN expert: “Inhumane” government Covid-19 responses failing people in poverty
Philip Alston Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
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UN expert: “Inhumane” government Covid-19 responses failing people in poverty

Investec is supplying London foodbanks through the Covid-19 crisis
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Investec is supplying London foodbanks through the Covid-19 crisis

More than 60 charities join forces to demand emergency child benefit boost
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More than 60 charities join forces to demand emergency child benefit boost

First free food delivery service for rough sleepers launches in Bristol
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First free food delivery service for rough sleepers launches in Bristol

Morrisons gives £10m boost to foodbanks under pressure from virus outbreak
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Morrisons gives £10m boost to foodbanks under pressure from virus outbreak

Social Bite raises nearly £30,000 in a day to fight COVID-19 food poverty
Social Bite Josh Littlejohn
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Social Bite raises nearly £30,000 in a day to fight COVID-19 food poverty

Cash Carraway: 'One mistake in poverty and your life is thrown into chaos'
Cash Carraway
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Cash Carraway: 'One mistake in poverty and your life is thrown into chaos'

Changemaker Ella Daish launches online plastic-free period product donations
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Changemaker Ella Daish launches online plastic-free period product donations

Scottish Parliament votes in favour of historic period products bill
Monica Lennon Edinburgh period poverty rally
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Scottish Parliament votes in favour of historic period products bill

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Life expectancy stalling “a sign that society has stopped improving”
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Life expectancy stalling “a sign that society has stopped improving”

Families in council tax debt have just £7 left at the end of the month
uk poverty cost of living crisis
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Families in council tax debt have just £7 left at the end of the month

Scottish ministers back bill to make right to free period products law
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Scottish ministers back bill to make right to free period products law

How The Big Issue is putting period poverty on the agenda
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How The Big Issue is putting period poverty on the agenda