Our new report and supporting materials provide a look at the lives of young carers and their families:
Child poverty
3.6 million children live in poverty in the UK, one of the worst rates in the industrialised world. This means that children are considerably more likely to live in poverty than adults. It’s not necessary, it’s not acceptable, and we can do something about it.
Growing up in poverty can blight children’s well-being and their future life chances. For example children living in poverty are more likely to have poor physical and mental health and less likely to achieve their full potential at school and in employment. For more information on the current state of child poverty in the UK see our briefing.
Try our calculator that allows you to get an idea of what the poverty line looks like for a given family type in any year from 2000 to the present.
Our policy team works to lobby and influence decision makers, so that disadvantaged families are supported and enabled and have the access to services they need to escape poverty and give their children the best start in life.
Our main policy priorities are:
- Fair and Square campaign
Ensuring all children in poverty can access free school meals - Welfare reform and Universal Credit
Enabling parents into work and providing vital support for children in poverty with the introduction of the new Universal Credit. - Supporting disabled children in poverty
Guaranteeing that families with disabled children are sufficiently supported to meet the extra costs associated with raising a child with a disability. - Early years
Ensuring that key early years services are engage with the most disadvantaged, hardest to reach families and that child poverty in the very earliest years is address so that children are not born into poverty.
Learn more and take action
- Join our Fair and Square campaign
- Read our blogs on child poverty
- Please donate today to support our work to improve young people's lives.