13 November 1878
Ragged children work in the street to satisfy parents’ craving for drink – children working more than five hours per day selling newspapers and matches in the public street.
30 October 1911
Alarming report on the health of school children – a large proportion of children are half-starved, malnourished and suffering from diseased conditions of many kinds.
17 December 1915
Christmas appeals in Manchester – the Salvation Army pleads for a seasonal cheer for the neglected little ones, “poorly clad and often ill-used, who live in Slumland and are looking for Father Christmas.”
1 August 1923
Swimming lessons in London’s docklands – in a neighbourhood where “free access” to deep water is always possible for babies and toddlers, it is essential for all children to learn to swim.
22 April 1926
Pollution forces Foundling Hospital out of London – the hospital is still, as it was at the beginning, the place where illegitimate children are taken in infancy and brought up to make their own way in the world.
9 September 2012
Children’s views of poverty – in pictures.
16 July 2015
How best to measure child poverty? The UK has moved from measuring it by family income to focusing instead on ‘root causes.’
19 December 2016
Dr Barnardo’s Ragged School given new lease of life – Heritage Lottery Fund will pay for repair work on historic building that provided free education to destitute children in the East End.
29 May 2018
The number of children in poverty is rocketing – Frances Ryan asks who is protecting them?
16 September 2018
New study finds 4.5 million UK children living in poverty – more than half trapped in poverty for years and the impact of cuts to benefits continues to be felt by poor families.
