A new report by Action for Children highlights how vulnerable families have been hardest hit by the effects of the pandemic, losing work and having to turn to charities for essentials. Nearly two thirds of families supported through Action for Children’s emergency appeal fund needed help with food, clothes and household bills.
The charity also describes how the pandemic has tipped a “new wave” of families into “dire straits” overnight, with 71 per cent accessing the appeal not previously having financial issues. A fifth of families had seen at least one adult lose their job or have their pay cut.
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