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THREAD: Today, as we approach the 6 month mark of CV19 measures, @actnforchildren publishes a report on its Coronavirus Emergency Fund actionforchildren.org.uk/what-we-do/pol…

THE EMERGENCY FUND

We set up our crisis fund in direct response to frontline staff telling us our services were seeing families with children struggling to pay for their living needs.

The Emergency Fund was funded through generous donations from the pubic and by firms

CASE STUDIES

The report includes some examples of how the Emergency Fund helped families

£500,000 SPENT BEFORE AUGUST

By end of July, @actnforchildren spent approximately £500,000 on emergency essentials for over 10,000 children and young people, living in more than 4,800 families

THE FAMILIES WE HELPED

Almost one in four (37%) were lone parent families @Gingerbread

THE NEEDS OF FAMILIES WE HELPED

Not surprisingly food was a key concern, but so was access to learning materials

HOUSEHOLD FINANCES

The families we helped included
- those who were struggling before the crisis
- those who were struggling with the extra costs of lockdown
- those who experienced drops to their income because of job losses or pay cuts during the crisis

KIM & MOLLY

VIEW OF OUR FRONTLINE

Our frontline workers warn of tough times ahead this winter

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS

We welcomed many of the Govt's actions to help families. We now call on @RishiSunak to use his Autumn Budget to stop plans to cut £20pwk from Universal Credit from April 2021.

We also want long term reforms to address child poverty

YOUNG PERSON'S REPORT

We also worked with a group of young people to produce a young person's report actionforchildren.org.uk/media/13198/ec…

The experience of our services highlights the economic whirlwind of the current crisis.

The next few months will only intensify the pressures on families with children.

Please sign our petition asking @RishiSunak to #EndChildhoodCrisis

e-activist.com/page/66780/pet…

ENDS