low-income families

SIDELINED BY HYGIENE POVERTY

New research reveals 3 in 10 children from low-income families have skipped sporting activities due to being unable to afford the personal care products needed to get clean again afterwards

• Almost half of low-income households are going without basic personal care products , such as shampoo, shower gel, and deodorant, due to being unable to afford
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Over 7.2 million payments of £326 have already been made to help households through the government’s Cost of Living support.

• 7.2 million payments of £326 – worth a total of £2.4 billion – made in first week of Cost of Living support rollout
• Payments mark the first half of the £650 Cost of Living payment for low-income families, with the second half coming in the autumn
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School holidays can be difficult for some families, with added costs of food for example – especially now with rising food and energy prices, and reduced income due to childcare.

With the end of term fast approaching, we've sent supermarket vouchers worth £90 per child to low-income families, whose children currently receive free school meals, to help them buy food over the school...

Over 600,000 children attended free, government-funded Holiday Activities and Food clubs this summer, including over 495,000 eligible for free school meals

From: Department for Education and The Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP

Hundreds of thousands of children from low-income families are benefitting from healthy food and extra-curricular activities, through programmes helping to level up...