Speaking at the Early Intervention Foundation's conference earlier this week, Michelle Lee-Izu, corporate director of development and innovation at the charity, said that although all children had suffered heightened anxiety due to the pandemic, those from BAME or religious backgrounds were more negatively impacted due to issues such as a lack of adequate support, financial difficulty and increased racist and religious abuse.
She reported that Muslim families were targeted by abusers on social media, and a Chinese family had their home petrol bombed. Children who were victims of these attacks reported feeling “afraid to leave their homes”.
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