"we know that hurtful words can have an effect on their self-worth"
/Hearing from older children in my community and from parents who have heard children say cruel things when they were kids too..
Read More"...along with a full uniform, shoes and a bag can be too much for many families"
/Some families in certain circumstances cannot find the cost of having a young person attending school.
Read More"Easter, Christmas and summer holidays were not enjoyable"
/'Holiday hunger' was a subject that came up as an important issue.
Read More"...we know that not everyone who is entitled to these benefits are applying"
/We found that 1 in 8 children in high income countries face food insecurity rising to 1 in 5 in the United Kingdom.
Read More"Poverty has an effect on many things"
/…one being the amount of opportunities people get. This is an issue as many young people miss out on things such as school trips, proms, community fun days and many more due to the fact they don't have enough money.
Read More"Coming off benefits to go on to a different allowance brings more trauma and upset"
/Experiencing crisis with poverty is a heavy burden to cope with. For example, not everyone has money for mobile phone calls or public telephones.
Read More"...isn't the way a community should be"
/Young people may get involved in theft due to a lack of food, money and a variety of everyday necessities.
Read More"The school clothing grant payment is still not enough to buy what a child needs.."
/When gathering information on my community, the steps taken were: finding out what people in the community were struggling with…
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