Lambeth Child Poverty

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This report may assist our election candidates in their local activities Dr Kate Harvey of the University of Reading for Kids Company, a not-for-profit social service agency that supports more than 36,000 at-risk children and young people. 

http://kidsco.org.uk/download/Children%20and%20Parents%20Experiences%20of%20Food%20Insecurity.pdf

 

Of the 32 London boroughs, Lambeth is one of the 10 most deprived, with the seventh highest level of child poverty, according to the End Child Poverty charity. Nearly 32 percent of Lambeth’s children live in poverty, with 22 percent of poor children coming from working families. Kids Company reported a 233 percent increase in self-referrals in the year 2012.

In response to the UK government’s 50 percent reduction in core funding to Lambeth, the Labour Party-controlled borough council announced its plans to cut services by more than £200 million between 2010 and 2018. This year alone, the council plans to cut nearly £30 million. One of the hardest hit areas will be youth services, with £6 million in cuts, which include eliminating youth clubs, closing several mobile libraries and reducing the Children’s Services Fund budget by £4.9 million. This includes £1.4 million in cuts by reducing the number of staff at children’s centres throughout the borough.

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