poverty
Huge rise in demand for emergency cash grants from children’s charity
George Clarke: The UK is on the verge of a poverty pandemic
Child payment applications top 28,000 in first two days
Foodbank use across north-east and Highlands up nearly 280% during lockdown
850,000 families in the UK are struggling with the cost of food – charity says
156,000 children in Scotland to benefit as free school meals extended over Christmas and Easter
Fears voiced that those most at risk of coronavirus enforced hardship are slipping under Aberdeenshire Council’s radar
Charity urges people to speak out during Challenge Poverty Week
Third of low-income families relying on charity to feed children, charity warns
Rev Susan Brown: Helping others makes every day special
Scottish Government ‘not on course’ to meet child poverty target
Demand for emergency supplies from north-east foodbank in five months of pandemic up nearly 40% on need through all of last year
Councillors urged to ‘pick up pace’ in tackling Dundee’s problems
Moray social enterprise focused on tackling child poverty as calls for support soars
Fuel poverty to be tackled with additional £16m in funding
Council could step in to stop Aberdeen schoolkids going hungry at hand of universal credit ‘anomaly’
Food banks see usage more than double through Covid-19
Stark report reveals 75% increase in Universal Credit claims in Aberdeenshire as ‘increased inequalities’ put more at risk to poverty
Aberdeenshire councillor says ‘worst is yet to come’ on poverty in north-east
City charity presses ahead with expansion in spite of Covid-19
Increase in families affected by poverty in Aberdeen since pandemic
Alex Bell: Scotland’s biggest killer – poverty – is the real epidemic we don’t want to confront
Highland Council bosses highlight region’s spiralling poverty and emotional toll from lockdown
