Poverty

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Children asking for clean clothes and blankets for Christmas in community appeal

Northumberland businesses are rallying round to help children and families who are feeling the full effects of the rising cost of living this Christmas.

9 Dec 2022

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'Before you get paid again, you're struggling': Mum on the cost of living crisis

Three charities join forces to host an 'affordability day', as Middlesbrough families struggle due to the cost of living crisis.

24 Oct 2022

Study finds black and minority ethnic people twice as likely to suffer poverty

Despite only making up around 15% of the populatio more than a quarter of those in 'deep poverty' are from a black or minority ethnic background.

6 Oct 2022

Cost of living forcing families to give up internet leading to 'data poverty'

North Belfast food kitchen has 'never seen demand like this'

Food bank users asking for no-cook meals amid rocketing energy costs

Food bank feeds 100 people in two hours in country's child poverty rate hotspot

Single mother of four describes reality of living on £239 a month

One child in nursery eats dinner in bed to stay warm as families feel the crunch

Working adults twice as likely to die in poverty as pensioners, says charity

'Cost-of-dying crisis' as over 90,000 people die in poverty in UK every year

Food bank in Guernsey sees demand spike since the Covid pandemic

Newcastle mosque sees surge of people in need of donations, as living costs rise

Foundation of Light's Give a Quid campaign aims to help families in poverty

After 15 years, look who's back in Blackpool