NSPCC and UNICEF UK's report: 'Opening Doors: Access to early childhood services for families impacted by poverty in the UK', finds that “families experiencing poverty face barriers to accessing early childhood services at every level”.
This includes challenges due to their financial situation, including tackling stigma around poverty and a lack of trust and understanding between parents and professionals.
Poorer families are also more likely to be impacted by funding cuts to services, resulting in a lack of outreach support and being forced to travel long distances for help at extra cost.
In addition, they are being impacted by systemic barriers such as lack of information sharing, poor quality housing and poor partnership working across care and health services.
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