Yorkshire Children's Charity sees a 20% rise in demand for essential services
They're concerned young people may end up going to school without coats or shoes this winter
It's feared some children in West Yorkshire could end up going to school through the autumn & winter 'without coats or shoes'.
The Yorkshire Children's Charity has seen a 20% increase this year in demand for their essential services.
They help to provide deprived families with everyday items like footwear.
Annabel Robinson from the charity tells us they've seen rising levels of poverty in recent years:
"Last year springs to mind immediately because we were delivering coats and shoes out to children on the first day that it snowed.
"As a team, that created so much anxiety and put so much stress on us - because we knew that children were already cold and already struggling to access school.
"To think that children across Yorkshire are going to school without coats or shoes on is heartbreaking.
"We recently had an application this year where two sisters were having to share a pair of shoes - and take it in turns to go to school - which in this day and age, simply shouldn't be happening.
"Education is everything - if we're going to have any chance of breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty, then education is the key to that."
You can find out more about the Yorkshire Children's Charity on their website below:
https://www.yorkshirechildrenscharity.org/