The Big Numbers

• 3.8 million UK children are living in income poverty 
• 1 in 4 children get one hot meal a day - their school lunch 
• Many mothers will go hungry to enable their children to eat 
• 350,000 children eligible for Free School Meals do not take them up

There are many inspirational, passionate and hard working poverty charities in the UK battling to help people escape from the poverty trap.

In this section we have drawn together a brief synopsis of two major reports that influence the work the Magic Breakfast does. 

It is hard to guage how big the problem is but from all the many different measures, statistics and research projects that have been done by bodies such as UNICEF, CPAG and The Rowntree Foundation, we estimate that up to 250,000 children are arriving at primary school each day too hungry to learn.

In the links on this page you can get a quick overview of research from UNICEF and CPAG.  If you would like to find out more you can visit their webpages by clicking these links-

www.cpag.org.uk    www.unicef.org