Poverty for children in Britain means not having a winter coat, never having enough money to go on holiday or on school trips, not having the spare pound needed to join subsidised after-school clubs, not being able to afford to go swimming. It isn't about going hungry, but it is likely to involve eating irregularly, cheaply and badly. The article highlights a reluctance to confront the causes of poverty at home in Britain, bred partly from an unwillingness to accept that the answer may lie in the need to redistribute wealth.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Social Geography: A portrait of child poverty...
Interesting article from the Guardian marking the anniversary of Tony Blair's promise to eradicate child poverty by 2020. It states that 30% of children still remain beneath the breadline.
Poverty for children in Britain means not having a winter coat, never having enough money to go on holiday or on school trips, not having the spare pound needed to join subsidised after-school clubs, not being able to afford to go swimming. It isn't about going hungry, but it is likely to involve eating irregularly, cheaply and badly. The article highlights a reluctance to confront the causes of poverty at home in Britain, bred partly from an unwillingness to accept that the answer may lie in the need to redistribute wealth.
Poverty for children in Britain means not having a winter coat, never having enough money to go on holiday or on school trips, not having the spare pound needed to join subsidised after-school clubs, not being able to afford to go swimming. It isn't about going hungry, but it is likely to involve eating irregularly, cheaply and badly. The article highlights a reluctance to confront the causes of poverty at home in Britain, bred partly from an unwillingness to accept that the answer may lie in the need to redistribute wealth.
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