LandAid’s Christmas Card Alternative raises a record £34,500
A record-topping £34,500 has been raised from LandAid's Christmas Card Alternative campaign, which closed earlier this week.
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Don’t Blatter the Young and the Poor
I'm not aware if 'to Blatter' has become a verb yet. I suspect it will soon - 'To wilfully ignore the evidence, to turn a blind eye, to believe that night is day.'
LandAid backs Jobs for the Jobless Generation campaign
LandAid is supporting an influential new campaign by charity partner Circle that aims to lobby companies to compete against each other to hire young unemployed candidates.
#LandAidXmas – our appeal
This Christmas the UK faces a child poverty and homelessness crisis - and we need your help. According to the Child Poverty Action Group, one child in three will spend the next two years living on the breadline. That's 4 million children living in acute poverty in the eight largest economy in the world. Let's think about what that means for a moment.
Help us tackle child poverty
Child poverty is one of the greatest challenges facing the UK today. It affects every area of a child's development - social, educational and personal - and places families and communities under incredible strain. It's also bad for the economy. It is estimated that every year £29 billion is lost in costs to the Exchequer and reduced GDP. According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) the consequences of child poverty include reduced productivity, lower educational attainment and poor health.