The situation facing many children in this country is at crisis point. More families are finding themselves in desperate circumstances, whether that’s due to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis or because early intervention support has been starved of resources due to cuts to children’s social care budgets and funds being diverted towards late interventions.
More than one in four children are living in poverty. Our frontline colleagues tell us families no longer have to choose between food and heating their homes. They can’t afford either.
Around 800,000 of these children do not even qualify for free school meals, which means they’re at risk of being too hungry to learn and develop. Growing up in poverty can have serious effects on a child’s health – both physical and mental – which can affect them long into adulthood.
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