North East teachers seeing terrible impact of poverty on children

North East teachers seeing terrible impact of poverty on children

Children are turning up to school tired and struggling to do homework, a survey of teachers has found

Schools paying for cookers and beds for families living in poverty, leaders say

More pupils are missing out on extracurricular activities and school trips as parents cannot afford them, it has been suggested.

Area of North East town has highest child poverty rate in UK

A Middlesbrough ward has the highest levels of child poverty in the entire country, new figures show.

The headquarters of the Madeira Teachers' Union, on Calcada da Cabouqueira, hosts, on April 22, at 6:30pm, a debate organized by the Eradicate Poverty Movement, based on the study carried out in the Region on the causes of poverty. This event will be attended by Rubina Berardo, economist and former member of the Assembly of the Republic, and Alexandre Fernandes, coordinator of the USAM - Madeira Trade Union Union. The debate will be moderated b…