The call came as the charity published a report, Britain's Poorest Children, which investigates how poverty affects children and young people. The study highlights how young people living in households earning below 73 a week are five times as likely to be shut out of social activities as those not in poverty.
Madeleine Tearse, European policy and strategy manager at Save the Children, said: "Severely poor children and young people have very bad access to leisure facilities. Youth services don't address this enough because providing leisure activities might be seen as a soft area."
The report draws attention to how under-18s living in severe poverty were much more at risk of mental health problems and bullying at school.
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