A headteacher has warned pupils are missing out on a “fundamental human right” as thousands of children across Merseyside lack their own bed to sleep in.
End Furniture Poverty and Merseyside BAFTA nominee Frank Cottrell-Boyce are launching a new fundraising appeal called Time for Bed, which will give away new beds and bedding to children and young people across Merseyside.
Research by End Furniture Poverty has shown that 18,000 children in Merseyside do not have their own bed to sleep in. They say that this can lead to a range of other problems with children’s development at school.
