Child poverty is at a 20-year high – but in one English community, children are intervening
There are 200,000 children living in absolute poverty across the UK, according to the latest report by the Child Poverty Action Group. This means that 200,000 children live in households which don’t make the minimum...Read more
Early years funding crisis in England affecting the poorest children
In England, new research reveals how the poorest children are being negatively affected by an early years funding shortfall. The study found almost one in five childcare providers (17%) in the most deprived areas of...Read more
Vulnerable Dutch children are unhappy
In The Netherlands, the Children’s Rights Tour revealed children growing up in difficult circumstances feel they are insufficiently seen and supported. This is according to the Dutch Children’s Ombudswoman Margrite Kalverboer findings. At least 1,700 children and...Read more
Study links childhood poverty to violent crime and self-harm
A new study shows that children growing up in poverty are seven times more likely to harm themselves and be involved in violent crimes as young adults. This research highlights the importance of providing child-friendly public...Read more
One in three Australian children ‘exposed to disadvantage’
The long-term health and wellbeing of Australian children suffers if they live in neighbourhoods lacking basic amenities like schools, parks and libraries, says a new study. Changing Children’s Chances looked at the experiences of more than 5,000...Read more
New Zealand aims to be best place for children
The government of New Zealand is tackling child poverty by implementing its new Child Poverty Reduction Bill, a landmark piece of legislation which aims to halve the rate of child poverty within ten years. Jacinda Ardern,...Read more
Shelter: Benefit cap court decision will put more children in poverty
The Court of Appeal’s decision to maintain the benefit cap on single parents with very young children will put even more UK families under the poverty line, says national homeless charity Shelter. It comes after the...Read more
Teacher of the Year dedicates award to students and colleagues
The newly-crowned Global Teacher of the Year has used her award to highlight some of the harsh living conditions faced by the children she teaches in inner-city London. Art and textiles teacher Andria Zafirakou is the...Read more
Toddlers need books, and lots of conversation
Learning outcomes in the first two to three years of life have been shown to have a huge impact on children’s ongoing educational achievement. Children as young as two who fall behind their peers in intellectual...Read moreEU must do more to combat child poverty, says Eurochild
Eurochild’s report on the European Semester for 2017 calls for more to be done by the EU and its member states to ‘make economic policies work for children’. Adrian Voce reports. In its 2017 report on...Read more
UNICEF demands action on 1:5 child poverty ratio in rich nations
The latest Report Card from UNICEF’s Innocenti research centre finds that 1 in 5 children in high-income countries are living in relative poverty, and that an average of 1 in 8 children faces food insecurity, prompting the agency...Read more
EU fails to make progress on social inclusion and child poverty
An authoritative new study has found that the EU is failing to make progress on social inclusion and that children are among those most affected by poverty. Adrian Voce reports. A new report by Eurostat, Monitoring...Read more
Children and the city: how industrialisation shaped modern childhood – Pt 2
In this second part of a two-part essay, the Greek writer and academic Eleni Kapa-Karasavidou describes how the plight of children living – and dying – in the new squalor of the industrial age changed popular perceptions of the romantic child...Read more
Eurochild report highlights child poverty
The EU’s economic policy framework continues to miss the opportunity to tackle child poverty, which affects more than one child in four in the EU, according to the latest report from Eurochild. Eurochild’s latest yearly report on the...Read more