Poverty

Lea Manor school in Luton will have uniforms donated by easyJet.

easyJet is turning thousands of old crew outfits into school uniforms

There has been a 51% increase in the use of food banks in the UK over the past five years (Trussell Trust).

‘Closer Than You Think’: New campaign shines light on local poverty crisis

New Book Release: Tackling Poverty and Disadvantage in Schools

Northampton educators at London book launch

A statue has been unveiled as part of a campaign to highlight the issue of pensioner poverty this winter.

'Freezing and forgotten': Ice sculpture leads winter fuel cuts plea

Santander X UK Awards 2024 first prize winners Anushka Mahesh, Sarah Bailey, Aurusha Kharas and Tom Scrope

Entrepreneurs win award for tackling period poverty with £4 underwear

Trussell ambassadors Levi Roots and Mark Hoyle (LadBaby) meet with Trussell Chief Executive Emma Revie outside Parliament

Celebrities are calling for more government action on hunger in the UK

Amazon's Toy Train will be donating hundreds of toys to families in need across the UK in the lead-up to Christmas

Amazon reveals this year’s Top 10 Toys for Christmas

Ruth Lue-Quee, education consultant from Staffordshire, who says period poverty is more widespread than people think

Secondary school teachers call for better and earlier period education

Sir Keir Starmer speaks at Prime Minister’s Questions.

Watch: Keir Starmer addresses reason for cuts to winter fuel allowance

A police tent in West Park in Wolverhampton following a stabbing.

Watch: Region records highest rate of knife crime offences

Adults living in hygiene poverty are going without deodorant, toothpaste, or a hot shower to ensure their family can have a meal.

Adults giving up basic hygiene products to ensure family can eat

Munira Wilson MP says schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’.

Watch: Schoolchildren are so hungry they are ‘eating rubbers’

Story of a divorced mum-of-two reveals dark times of hygiene poverty

Many schoolgirls struggle to access period products

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'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty
Deputy chair of the Conservative Party Lee Anderson made the claims during a discussion in the House of Commons about free school meals
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A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

5 mental health benefits of owning a pet

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

Pictured are two of the comedians taking part in the show, Pete Teckman (left) and Ben Briggs (right).

Poverty Hurts: Comedy evening in aid of Community Foundation’s appeal

Carol Mitchell (pictured), who was helped by the McCarthy-Dixon Foundation during her time of need, cared for her late husband for 13 years before he passed away in May 2019.

71-year-old shares how support offered after losing husband ‘changed her life’

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

Pictured: Northampton Hope Centre on Campbell Street.

Poverty in Northampton report: How Hope Centre found 'super poverty' in the town

Fairtrade cocoa farmer Bismark Kpabitey (photo: Fairtrade Africa)

Fairtrade Fortnight: how the chocolate you buy can make a real difference

Many people today are struggling financially and emotionally

RACHEL MCGRATH COLUMN: Stark reading in state-of-nation report

An anti-poverty charity (pictured outside Re:store) says we need to get real over how much the sector can do.

'How can 8,400 Northampton children be living hand-to-mouth in 2018?': We relaun...

Rachel McGrath, grants director and deputy CEO Northamptonshire Community Foundation

Campaigners launch new bid to tackle increase in food poverty in Northamptonshir...
A new drive to tackle food poverty in Northamptonshire is being launched by the county's Community Foundation.
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