Health

Sport and poverty

Issue 154 (Summer 2016)

Living in a disadvantaged area hampers young people’s development: area-based deprivation is strongly related to higher crime, poorer educational achievement, health problems and high levels of disability.

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Editorial: Poverty 154

Issue 154 (Summer 2016)

We are still not all in this together – so where now? Several articles in this issue add to the mounting evidence of the effects of government cuts on particular groups, showing once again that we are not all in this together.

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What is welfare reform and how is it affecting families?

20 June 2016

Download our new resource for people who work with low-income families. To help you think about how changes to the benefit system affect the families that you work with and what you can do to help. The information in this booklet is based on findings from CPAG in Scotland’s Early Warning System.

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The warning in Unicef's report on child well-being

18 April 2016

Our CEO highlights the warning in Unicef's latest report - child wellbeing is depending on material wellbeing. The UK Government must remember money matters.

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Abolishing hunger among children in the UK

Issue 153 (Winter 2016)

We will all have woken up this morning knowing there are children in this country who went to bed last night on an empty stomach. We also know that a large number of those children will have taken that hunger with them to school.

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Editorial: Poverty 153

Issue 153 (Winter 2016)

In this edition of Poverty we are delighted to feature an edited transcript of the rousing speech delivered by Gordon Brown for CPAG’s 50th Anniversary Lecture in November.

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CPAG's response the All Party Parliamentary Group inquiry on child poverty and health

02 February 2016

CPAG submitted written evidence to the APPG on Health inquiry into child poverty, health and well-being. Our submission notes the evidence for a relationship between poverty and poorer outcomes for child physical and mental health.

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Latest enews

12 August 2015

Cost of the school day Health Health professionals News Scotland

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Guest blog: Poverty and child health

11 August 2015

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Press release

Fixing holes in social security support would reduce need for food banks, users’ experience shows

19 November 2014

Gaps in the social security safety net are a key reason why people are turning to food banks, according to the first in-depth study into the personal experiences of recipients of emergency food aid in the UK.

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