State of Child Poverty 2022
As we begin to transition out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cost of Living Crisis is hitting the poorest families the hardest. This year, for the State of Child Poverty 2021-22, we have surveyed over 1000 frontline workers who collectively support 60,000 children and young people.
7 July 2022 | by Pixie Parker | Read time: 1 Minute Read time
This is the fourth annual publication of our report and numbers are on the rise. As we begin to see the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic, with very little time to recover and breathe, the country has been plunged into the Cost of Living crisis.
The findings from this report are stark. From desperately needing laptops and tablets to stay connected over the last couple of years, we are now seeing that families are having to choose between heating or eating.
The Cost of Living crisis is having a huge impact on children’s education and wellbeing, as the numbers for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are increasing, the challenges that children and young people are facing become more intense than ever. If parents and carers are unable to afford the bare essentials such as utilities, food or even beds for their children, how do we expect them to thrive in education and become their best selves?
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