Join our mailing list enter email address

 Search site

 

  • Home
  • Grants programmes
  • FAQs
  • Downloads
  • Contact
  • History
  • Property to let
  • Walcot Estate
  • Links

Poverty: extent and effects

Does poverty still exist in the United Kingdom?
Yes, it does. And there is a good deal of data and research. These sources (external links) will tell you more.

Oxfam's summary of UK poverty | The Poverty Site | National Statistics (HMG)
See this January 2010 briefing from Save The Children on 'Severe Child Poverty in the UK'.

For a September 2009 review of attitudes towards poverty eradication in the UK, see this summary from the Jospeh Rowntree Foundation.

Poverty in London and Lambeth
Lambeth is one of the inner London boroughs. Its residents represent the spectrum of wealthy and poor, and the area ranks high in official indices of deprivation. For example, 59% of Lambeth children live in low-income homes.

London's Poverty Profile | Lambeth Council data

Poverty and educational attainment and future life chances
We have a special interest in the impact of poverty on educational attainment. This review of research on the links between education and poverty, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, is a good staring point if you wish to know more. Here

Understanding Poverty - summary of findings from the ESRC

Links

Other pages on our site
Practical approaches to tackling
debt and financial exclusion

External links
The State of London's Children 2007
The Poverty Site
Child Poverty Action Group
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
London Child Poverty Commission
A Vision of Britain (Lambeth data)

Child Poverty Tool Kit

Local Index of Child Well-Being
Published in January 2009 by the Dept for Communities & Local Government, the Child Well-being Index (CWI) represents the first attempt to create a small area index exclusively for children in England. Lambeth is ranked 344th, 11th from the bottom

THE WALCOT FOUNDATION formerly known as The Lambeth Endowed Charities | (c) The Walcot & Hayle's Trustee 2007-2009 | The Walcot & Hayle's Trustee is a limited company (6133849) registered in England and recognised by the Charity Commission as the sole trustee of The Walcot Educational Foundation (312800), The Hayle's Charity (312800-1), The Walcot Non Educational Charity (312800-2) and the Cynthia Mosley Memorial Fund (312800-3)