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Did you know? Currently 1 in 3 children in the UK lives in poverty, despite it being the fifth richest country in the world. UNICEF UK is a member of the End Child Poverty coalition, a collection of organisations supporting the campaign against child poverty. Help End Child Poverty in the UK - Tag the campaign wall to show your support.

About Child Poverty

There are more children living in poverty today than there were 30 years ago. Photo: UNICEF/ HQ96-0579/Nicole Toutounji

There are more children living in poverty today than there were 30 years ago.
UNICEF/ HQ96-0579/Nicole Toutounji

1 in 3 children in the UK live in poverty today: that's over 3.9 million. This is an unacceptable figure, especially considering the UK is the fifth richest country in the world.

The divide between wealthy and poor is widening, meaning that there are more children living in poverty today than there were 30 years ago. In the late 1970s, for example, the proportion of children living in poverty was just 1 in 10.

The effects of child poverty

Growing up in poverty means a shorter life expectancy, fewer job and education opportunities and has a huge impact on mental and physical well-being. A girl growing up in Manchester can expect to live six years less than a girl growing up Kensington and Chelsea, one of the richest boroughs in London.

In 1998, the UK government promised to halve child poverty by 2010 and eradicate it by 2020. Together, we need to make sure this promise is kept.

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WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGE! These children, who are growing up in poverty, are the ones with the best ideas! They are the ones that see what is missing because they do not have it. Some people just write the same things in the comment section though that would not be if the children with the best ideas could have their say...... that is why we are in this state, it could have been resolved. I will try my best to keep that promise to end poverty by 2020, for the sake of everybody else!
savanna, 11 14/04/2010 20:05:25

Well, poverty is a general problem due to the variation in standard of Living in any given country. This is due to the imbalance in every society. I hope to use my Ideas to create programmes to enlighten societies on how to fight poverty to a minimal state, because of the ignorance in some people who believe the can do better.
Adebayo, 26 08/04/2010 01:38:43

I did a talk about a similar issuue and I think that more people need to realise that Poverty is in England no just in inernational waters we need to find a way to deal with this other wise it will just keep going on as a unmentioned story!
Sian, 13 30/12/2009 17:51:40

Thanks for your heartfelt comments guys. As detailed above, you can help us in our campaign to end child poverty by emailing your MP. It's a quick and easy process - just follow the link in the first paragraph. And for loads of creative and fun ideas on taking action, check out our Do Something pages. Click on Do Something in the menu at the top of this page. Hugh Tagd Web Team
Hugh, 29 22/10/2009 11:43:26

All these comments are correct, it isn't right that children are living in poverty. what is even worse, however, is the apparant lack of interest so many people have in trying to diminish or even eradicate the problem, especially those who are actually in a position to be able to do so. it is not our fault that we live in a prosperous society and have good lives, but it is therefore our responsibility to spread the excesses of our affluences by attempting to help those less fortunate than ourselves.
Louisa, 18 17/10/2009 16:14:23

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