Poverty

Adults living in hygiene poverty are going without deodorant, toothpaste, or a hot shower to ensure their family can have a meal.

Adults giving up basic hygiene products to ensure family can eat

Story of a divorced mum-of-two reveals dark times of hygiene poverty

Many schoolgirls struggle to access period products

Stacey Dooley

Stacey Dooley announces UK tour - full details

'The new deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson is wrong to believe that charities supporting asylum seekers in Calais are involved in a multimillion-pound industry'. PIC: UK Parliament/PA Wire

Lee Anderson: ‘myth’ those on Universal credit are in poverty

A child carries a tray with food during lunch-break at St Mary’s RC Primary School, in Battersea, south London.

Number of children in food poverty nearly doubles to four million

5 mental health benefits of owning a pet

Free School Meals For All bill reading delayed in Parliament

A woman holds a shopping basket of groceries.

Cost of living: Groceries cost could soar by £1.7bn

Fairtrade cocoa farmer Bismark Kpabitey (photo: Fairtrade Africa)

Fairtrade Fortnight: how the chocolate you buy can make a real difference

More than 9000 emergency food supplies were handed out last year.

Call to help tackle poverty

Everyone must play their part in eliminating the hardships that large pockets of the capital endure.

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Wheatley Group Modern Apprentices meet Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop at the National Theatre of Scotland's new facility, Rockvilla to launch First Nights, a new partnership between the National Theatre of Scotland and Wheatley Foundation to give young people living in Wheatley homes their first opportunity to experience live theatre.

Wheatley Foundation sets stage for young people's first theatre trip