“The UK now ranks among the bottom 10 global performers in the arena of improving rights of the child, after it achieved the lowest-possible score across all six available indicators in the domain of Child Rights Environment (CRE), according to the KidsRights Index 2017”
Please help us
Many families in Thanet are stuggling to heat their homes and put food on the table. We want to help by giving them a Christmas gift.
The Gift includes:
- toiletries
- Food including Christmas treats
- Gifts for the children
- gloves etc
- Details of local events
- If funding allows we would also like to put in a gift voucher
We need people to support this by:
- Giving gifts (new toys)
- Donating food (long life, non-perishable)
- Giving money (donate now)
- Gloves etc
Items can be dropped off at Hartsdown, George V Ave, Margate Mon – Fri 9 – 16:00
Donate
Please give to help us make kids smile at Christmas.
Growing up poor
8 year old Courtney and her family live off £5 a day – they rely on a food bank to eat and wear coats to bed when there’s no money for heating. This is Britain today, where more than 4 million children are growing up in poverty.
Why Tim?
Everyone knows the story Christmas Carol. In the story Tiny Tim was destitute with nothing except the love of his family. What fewer people know is that this is still the reality for many children in the UK today.
Key areas of Thanet are some of the poorest in the UK and children instead of looking forward to Christmas dread it, knowing that instead of gifts under the tree they will be hungry and cold.
We want to make a simple difference by putting a Christmas Gift in as many families hands as possible.
The Gift includes:
- toiletries
- Food including Christmas treats
- Gifts for the children
- socks, gloves, hats
We need people to support this by:
- Giving gifts (new toys)
- Donating food (long life, non-perishable)
- Giving money
- Donating socks/gloves/hat
Homelessness
Homelessness in numbers
One in 107 children in Great Britain are currently living in temporary accommodation.
There are approximately five homeless children for every school in the country.
One in 24 children in London are homeless and living in temporary accommodation – that’s equivalent to nearly 28 children per school or nursery.
In Thanet 189 school Children are homeless (Porchlight?
Source Shelter/Porchlight