IMPROVING CHILDREN’S LIFE CHANCES - CPAG

Child Poverty Action Group is a charity registered in England and Wales (registration number 294841) and in Scotland (registration number SC039339), and is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England (registration number 1993854). VAT number: 690 808117 Improving Children’s Life Chances Edited by Josephine Tucker

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The Austerity Generation: the impact of a decade of cuts ...

6 1. Introduction 1a. Our intention: to understand the effect of a decade of social security cuts on family incomes and child poverty This report aims to set out the cumulative effects of a decade of cuts to social security on the incomes

Poverty and child health - CPAG

Specialists in community child health and neonatal medicine were particularly highly represented. 5 . Findings Poverty is a serious issue for children’s health An overwhelming majority of the respondents believe that poverty is a significant contributor to children’s ill health.

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POVERTY IN THE PANDEMIC: The impact of coronavirus ... - …

Poverty in the pandemic: the impact of coronavirus on low-income families and children August 2020 Written and researched by Sophie Howes,1 Rhiannon Monk-Winstanley,2 Tom Sefton,3 and Alice Woudhuysen1 Child Poverty Action Group works on behalf of the more than one in four children in the UK growing up in poverty.

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POVERTY IN THE PANDEMIC: An update on the impact of ...

Poverty in the pandemic: an update on the impact of coronavirus on low-income families and children 2 Summary In August, Child Poverty Action Group and the Church of England published a report, Poverty in the Pandemic, which offered a glimpse into the lives of low-income families trying to survive the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

United Kingdom: Local Authority Districts, Counties and ...

Stroud Cotswold Uttlesford Tendring Rochford Maldon Braintree Wealden Rother Lewes Hastings West Dorset Eastbourne Purbeck Torridge Teignbridge Mid Devon Exeter East Devon ... District Council Areas at 1st April 1992, Non-Metropolitan Districts at 1st April 2009, London Boroughs at 1st April 1996

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WHAT IS WELFARE REFORM AND HOW IS IT AFFECTING …

A resource for people who work with low-income families. To help you think ... Income support – for people who have a low income and are ill or disabled, carers, or lone parents whose youngest child is under the age of five ... Welfare reform is the collective name for changes to the benefit (social security) system. The social security ...

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4. Child Poverty in Scotland - NHS Health Scotland

A number of key drivers of child poverty have been associated with adverse impacts on children’s – and adults’ – health outcomes (see briefing 3 – Child Poverty in Scotland: the national and local drivers). Many of these are out with the control of families and individuals,

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Equity in Child Care Is Everyone’s Business

COMMUNICATE CHILD CARE NEEDS TO STATE AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES. State and local chambers can advocate for policies that support child care providers, parents and, ultimately, the children ... as likely to live below the poverty line. 8 The median hourly wages of child care workers were at the second percentile, i.e., nearly at the bottom of ...

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15 Questions About Child Labour

causes or sustains poverty encourages child labour. When a country has financial problems, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) moves in and usually demands the economy becomes ... Contracting out is also increasing child labour as local firms compete fiercely for contracts and look for the cheapest labour in

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Child Poverty Strategy - Welsh Government

Child Poverty Strategy for Wales March 2015 A summary for children and young people. The Welsh Government has the ambition to make sure no child is living in poverty by 2020. Child poverty ... Making sure there is good quality local childcare Stopping food poverty

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Child Poverty Pilots - GOV.UK

This is a support tool for everyone involved in fulfilling local child poverty duties and in designing, delivering and commissioning services for families in poverty. It was developed with the aim of capturing key lessons learnt from across the pilot programme and supporting the local duties set out under the Child Poverty Act 2010.

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TACKLING CHILD POVERTY AND DESTITUTION

Scotland has set ambitious and legally binding child poverty targets for 2030/31, with interim targets in 2023/24. Through its current Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, the Scottish Government has introduced new measures designed to bring down rates of child poverty, most notably through the introduction of the Scottish Child Payment.

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Child Poverty Act 2010 - Legislation.gov.uk

Child Poverty Act 2010 (c. 9) Part 1 — National targets, strategies and reports 4 The Child Poverty Commission 8 The Child Poverty Commission (1) There is to be a body called the Child Poverty Commission (in this Act referred to as “the Commission”). (2) The Commission’s functions are those conferred on it by or under this Act.

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Children’s mental health: Is poverty the diagnosis?

Poverty is a risk factor for mental health conditions in child-hood and is associated with lower academic achievement and impaired cognitive development secondary to direct effects on the developing hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and indirect effects on a child’s en-vironment. British Columbia’s child-hood poverty rate is well above the

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