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The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund

    Funding
  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund offers grants to organisations supporting people and communities in England who are experiencing severe pressure due to the increased cost of living, particularly those from low-income households. It is delivered by the National Lottery Community Fund and funded by the UK government, and offers grants up to £75,000.

Why Families on a Low Income are Spending More During Covid-19

    Research
  • Tuesday, February 23, 2021
  • | CYP Now
The Pandemic Pressures study is a collaboration between the Resolution Foundation think-tank and the Nuffield Foundation-funded Covid Realities research project at the University of York. In general, average household spending has fallen by 10 per cent during the pandemic with decreased spend on leisure activities, meals out, holidays and commuting costs.

Giving children a better start in life

The National Lottery-funded A Better Start programme to boost early child development celebrates its fifth birthday this month. Those involved in the programme highlight its achievements to date.

More than 350,000 children 'destitute', study finds

    News
  • Thursday, June 7, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Around 365,000 children experienced destitution at some point last year due to lacking a number of the basic daily living essentials such as shelter, food, heating, lighting, clothing or basic toiletries, a study has found.

Cross-government child poverty unit scrapped

    News
  • Tuesday, December 20, 2016
  • | CYP Now
The government's cross-departmental child poverty unit has been abolished, with the government confirming that its functions have been subsumed into the wider remit of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

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