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  • Supporting care leavers in Scotland during the pandemic and beyond

    Date: 19th November 2020
    Category: Social security, Mental health, Child poverty, Health and health services, COVID-19, Recreation, play and cultural activities, Family Environment and Alternative Care

    COVID-19 has exacerbated the precariousness of many care leavers’ situations, and amplified the inconsistencies that exist in relation to support and services. This briefing highlights some of the key issues alongside several recommendations. 

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  • State of Child Health 2020 report published

    Date: 19th November 2020
    Category: Health and health services, Mental health, Incorporation, Child poverty

    The report compares available Scottish data for 2020 versus 2017 to monitor trends in child health outcomes. The report makes a range of policy recommendations to support Scottish Government in fulfilling its 2030 child poverty and childhood obesity targets.

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  • Eliminating digital exclusion in 12 steps

    Date: 19th November 2020
    Category: Child poverty, Education, including vocational education, School exclusions, COVID-19

    Digital exclusion continues to be a key barrier to children accessing their rights. Reflecting on the challenges brought about by COVID-19 and the lockdown period, the report outlines recommendations for policy-makers, practitioners, academics and industry to improve digital inclusion across the UK. 

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  • Exploring how universal child benefits can build a fairer, more inclusive and resilient future

    Date: 19th November 2020
    Category: Child poverty, Social security, COVID-19

    The report calls upon governments, donors and other development partners around the world to urgently support an expansion in social protection coverage of children and their caregivers. The report provides examples to demonstrate that most countries can take steps towards establishing universal child benefits and that the costs of not doing so could be far higher.

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  • Last chance to complete survey on child poverty in Orkney

    Date: 12th November 2020
    Category: Child poverty, Social security

    The survey seeks service providers’ input to help understand child poverty in Orkney and determine whether current out of school provision meets children and families’ needs.

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  • Report reveals more families experiencing destitution, isolation and mental health struggles

    Date: 27th October 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    The study compares the findings of interviews with family support services held in 2013 and findings from interviews with the same services in 2019. The results highlight a rise in families experiencing destitution even before the coronavirus pandemic. 

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  • Surge in number of UK children applying for free school meals

    Date: 27th October 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    Released as part of the joint #EndChildFoodPoverty campaign with Marcus Rashford, new survey data has revealed the equivalent of 2.2 million children aged eight to 17 are registered for free school meals across the UK. It is estimated 42% of these children (900,000) are newly registered.  

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  • Report uncovers the financial pressures caused by COVID-19

    Date: 27th October 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    In March 2020, Action for Children launched its Coronavirus Emergency Fund in response to the increasing financial pressures felt by families, children and young people. The report uses evidence from Emergency Fund applications and a survey of frontline service staff to form recommendations to both the UK and devolved governments on what action is required to support families’ financial situation and to reduce child poverty rates.

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  • COVID-19 impacting Scotland’s poorest families the most

    Date: 12th October 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    Includem asked young people and families about their experiences of meeting day-to-day costs and what impact COVID-19 has had on them. Two thirds of respondents reliant on social security reported they were in a worse financial position now than before the pandemic and half said their debt was greater.

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  • Supporting children and families beyond COVID-19

    Date: 12th October 2020
    Category: Child poverty, Family Environment and Alternative Care

    COVID-19 is a global health crisis with significant economic and social costs. This paper seeks to further the understanding of what this crisis means for children and their families in Southern and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

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  • Report on poverty published

    Date: 9th October 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    This report looks at poverty in Scotland before and during the coronavirus outbreak. It highlights the importance of work, social security and housing costs in solving poverty in Scotland, as well as the extent to which COVID-19 has swept more people in poverty.

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  • Number of children in temporary accommodation increases

    Date: 22nd September 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    Scottish Government’s annual homelessness statistics show 31’333 households were assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness in 2019-20. This is a 4% increase on 2018-19, with 15’711 children affected.

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  • Demand for emergency food parcels by families increases

    Date: 22nd September 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    The latest figures from independent food banks across Scotland show they distributed more than twice as many parcels during June-July 2020 than in June-July 2019.

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  • Low-income parents relying on child benefit for household basics

    Date: 22nd September 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    A recent survey has showed an increase in the number of parents relying on child benefit to cover utility bills and other household costs. Thirty-seven percent said they would not manage without the payment.

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  • COVID-19 and its impact on child marriage

    Date: 22nd September 2020
    Category: Civil Rights and Freedoms, Child poverty, Right to life, survival and development, Best interests of the child

    COVID-19 has caused delays to programmes aimed at ending child marriage and increased economic hardship. Together these factors are expected to lead to an estimated 13 million child marriages over the next 10 years, impacting girls’ rights to protection from abuse, health, an adequate standard of living and right to education.

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  • Scottish Government delays Scottish Child Payment to February 2021

    Date: 4th September 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    Scottish Government recently announced a further delay to Scottish Child Payment. The Scottish Child Payment will now open for applications in November, with first payments from the end of February 2021.

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  • New report on two-child limit and human rights obligations

    Date: 22nd July 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    The two-child limit is a policy that restricts welfare payments to families based on family size. A new report from Just Fair finds that the policy is contrary to the UK’s human rights obligations as it forces families into poverty and hardship by preventing access to an adequate income.

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  • Survey seeks parents’ and carers’ experiences of life on low income during COVID-19

    Date: 22nd July 2020
    Category: Disability, Basic Health and Welfare, Child poverty

    Child Poverty Action Group has partnered with the University of York and University of Birmingham to produce the survey which seeks to understand the challenges parents and carers on low income are facing during the current pandemic. The aim is to document the impact of COVID-19 on these families and help policymakers make better decisions.

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  • EU leaders urged to tackle child poverty in EU recovery plan and budget

    Date: 22nd July 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    Eurochild implores EU leaders to put children’s best interests at the heart of their budgeting decisions by supporting the proposal that each Member State allocates at least 5% of the European Social Fund Plus to address child poverty, in line with a Council Recommendation on the Child Guarantee.

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  • COVID-19: Local authorities and health boards to consider the impact of pandemic on child poverty

    Date: 10th July 2020
    Category: Child poverty

    Improvement Service has developed a short paper considering the impact of COVID-19 on child poverty and how local authorities and health boards can use Local Child Poverty Action Reports to address the challenges that lie ahead.

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