Health & Wellbeing: Making hard times a little better
A childcare group in Scotland is supporting families in financial crisis via hubs that offer...
Figures suggest the number of children currently living in poverty in the UK is growing. We look at the reasons behind this, its impact on children and their families and explore what can be done.
A childcare group in Scotland is supporting families in financial crisis via hubs that offer...
More than one in 20 children are sleeping on the floor because they don’t have a bed of their own,...
The Food Foundation is calling on ministers to do more to raise awareness of the Healthy Start...
In part 3 of this series, Gemma Goldenberg discovers what evidence-based practice looks like at a...
We may be forgiven for thinking we’re living in the midst of a novel by Charles Dickens, says Megan...
Like research schools, some nurseries use evidence to improve practice. In part one of this series...
Singer Zayn Malik has written to the prime minister calling for free school meals for all children...
As the squeeze on income tightens, Meredith Jones Russell looks at the health impacts
One in five key worker families in the UK has children living in poverty, according to research by...
The Department for Education has increased funding for universal infant free school meals in...
Charities and campaigners have welcomed the Chancellor’s short-term measures to support families...
Research carried out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on behalf of baby bank charity Little...
Thousands of nursery children that are eligible for free school meals could be missing out on the...
Today’s report highlights the extent to which Covid is continuing to impact children’s communication...
Children from poorer families are missing out on dress-up days at school and other special occasions...
Millions of low-income workers face a ‘perfect storm’ this April with universal credit falling...
Rising energy bills will push the poorest families even deeper into poverty, according to an...
According to Labour party analysis of Government figures, the number of children from black...
The pandemic has driven more families living in poverty to turn to schools for ‘basic needs’ such as...
The Government is being urged to commission in-depth research examining the impact of the pandemic...
A new evidence review, published today by the Nuffield Foundation, finds that more than one in three...
Footballer Marcus Rashford has launched a new campaign calling on MPs to back recommendations to end...
The Social Mobility Commission (SMC), an independent body which advises the Government, says the...
More than half a million children have become eligible for free school meals during the pandemic,...
The End Child Poverty Coalition says the Government owes it to ‘our children’ to come up with a plan...
Scotland’s child poverty targets are ‘destined for failure’ unless single parents and carers receive...
The number of children in poverty has now risen to 4.3 million, reveal new Government figures.
A third of children aged under five are living in poverty, a new report by the baby bank charity...
The Government has demanded ‘urgent’ action on ‘completely unacceptable’ food parcels sent to...
Families on low incomes are struggling to cover the basic cost of food, utility bills and rent – and...
Over a million children in the UK who live below the poverty line are not eligible for free school...
Children today are more likely to have older parents who are in paid work, be in smaller families,...
Disadvantaged schoolchildren will receive free meals during the Christmas holidays, and under-fours...
More than 50 public health experts have signed a letter to the Chancellor and health secretary,...
MPs will debate funding the provision of free school meals over the school holidays this afternoon...
Marcus Rashford has launched an online petition urging the Government to commit to supporting...
The attainment gap between rich and poor Reception-age children has stagnated for seven years, new...
Without Government intervention, the Covid-19 outbreak could increase the number of British children...
Early years organisations have criticised the chancellor for failing to come up with a plan to...
Frontline staff are being overwhelmed by the needs of millions of frightened, vulnerable families,...
The focus on combating coronavirus is causing a ‘perfect storm’ for young children and their...
Parents looking after children at home should be able to access paid leave during the Coronavirus...
Ten years after his landmark review on health inequalities in England, Professor Sir Michael...
According to new research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, four million children are currently...
A pot of money aimed at helping disadvantaged children narrow the attainment gap has been cut by 40...
One in ten childcare workers are officially in poverty, according to shocking new findings from...
Teaching assistants are using their own money to help families buy school uniforms, fund trips and...
Lone parents working full time on average pay are unable to reach a decent standard of living,...
New research which reveals that more than one in ten children in England are living in overcrowded...
Save the Children has developed a new toolkit to provide a guide for improving the early learning...