Poorest families in UK lack beds and are sleeping on floors, charity warns Study by Buttle UK found most families had skipped a meal and many parents said they had given their bed to a child The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2024
Thank you, London! Standard appeal hits £2.4million as Rita Ora gives backing Singer-songwriter pays visit to one of the charities benefiting from Standard's Winter Survival Appeal Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2023
Poorest UK families enduring ‘frightening’ collapse in living standards, survey finds Survey of frontline social workers finds 120,000 children are living in destitution The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2023
Stark rise in levels of children living in destitution, charity survey suggests Buttle UK said the change in the past three years ‘dramatically illustrates the progressively worsening circumstances for children in poverty’. The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023
On the Breadline: ‘I have to do my sums just to take my children on the bus’ When mother-of-three Christina found herself in a refuge she lived in fear of running out of cash. Now she is back on her feet thanks to one of the beneficiary charities of our appeal. Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2023
‘I have to do my sums just to take my children on the bus’ On The Breadline: When mother-of-three Christina found herself in a domestic violence refuge, she lived in fear of running out of cash, writes campaigns editor David Cohen The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2023
Half of UK's vulnerable children live in poverty with 27,000 missing out on essentials Children’s charity Buttle UK spoke to 1,000 health and care workers who look after 60,000 youngsters. Charity chief Joseph Howes says the situation for at-risk children is getting 'progressively worse' Daily Mirror · Feb 4, 2023
150,000 young people estranged from parents – charity The number of 16 to 20-year-olds left vulnerable and poor due to severed ties with their families is growing, research suggests. The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2022
Asda teams up with children's charity to offer school uniform help The work with Buttle UK comes after research showed the cost-of-living is making it harder for some families to afford school uniform Chronicle Live · Sep 1, 2022
Mum 'stuck in cycle of abuse' hit by soaring uniform costs ASDA is running a £250,000 school uniform campaign to help struggling families Liverpool Echo · Aug 26, 2022
Nine out of 10 Scots parents fear new uniforms' price in cost of 'learning' crisis Money worries have been created again for parents as the summer holidays come to an end. Daily Record · Aug 17, 2022