Struggling to feed families
Hundreds of people in Marlborough live below the poverty line, and the problem is only getting worse, says a Marlborough budgeting expert. Marlborough Family Budgeting Service president Neville White...
View ArticleFor some breakfast is hard to afford
It can cost parents less than 50 cents a day to give their child breakfast, but principals say most families who send their children to school hungry cannot afford to feed them. The fact many Kiwi...
View ArticleFor some a few cents for breakfast is hard to find
Follow Jonathan Carson on Twitter. It can cost parents less than 50 cents a day to give their child breakfast, but principals say most families who send their children to school hungry cannot afford...
View ArticleLife on the breadline: welcome to the world of Britain's working poor
The Rowleys are a hard-working married couple with two children. They do not earn enough to be in the 'squeezed middle' – the group that has attracted so much media coverage. They only just manage to...
View ArticleRaise Illinois Coalition Releases New Study that Shows the Real Costs of...
Economic Policy Institute's New "Family Budget Calculator" Demonstrates that It Is Impossible for Families Living On Minimum Wage Jobs to Make Ends Meet CHICAGO, July 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/...
View ArticleJulie Fairey: Pay fairly and all of society wins
Let's work this year on making minimum wage liveable and watch as poverty levels fall, writes Julie Fairey. My wish for 2013 is that we make significant progress towards better pay rates for New...
View ArticleLook back in hunger: Britain's silent, scandalous epidemic
Kids Company, which supports 13,000 children in London, has reported a dramatic increase in the number of children coming to its walk-in centres not in search of shelter or safety, but food. The...
View ArticleYoung mums mentored
Babies need support from the community so they can grow up to be successful adults. That is a founding belief driving the Hope House Charitable Trust, getting ready to open a residential home for...
View ArticleWithout a job, California woman forced to live a lie
This story started on CNN iReport (CNN) -- Sukhraj Beasla's parents boast that their successful daughter works at a bank. The problem is that it's all a lie -- she was laid off more than two years ago....
View ArticleParliament cleaners hit up MPs for better pay
Parliament cleaners have hit up politicians for better pay, drawing attention to their low-wage struggles at a lunch for MPs and media today. The lunch was hosted as part of the ongoing Service and...
View ArticlePlight of the families who rely on food parcels
Edwina Currie may deny it, but the shocking truth is that in Britain today many people have to chose between eating and paying the rent A foodbank Christmas box will make a world of difference for the...
View ArticleHousing woes add to families' problems
Cold, damp rental houses in Marlborough are adding to debt and budget worries for families who are in financial trouble and are leaving it too late to seek budget advice, the Marlborough Family Budget...
View ArticleRising food prices pinch hard
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 12:25 pm Press Release: Green Party 14 June 2011 Rising food prices pinch hard Rising food prices are continuing to hurt individuals and families, and Government policies are...
View ArticleAustralia: Kiwis struggling without a lifeline across the ditch
In the first of a three-part series Greg Ansley and Michael Dickison investigate how New Zealanders are becoming second class citizens in the 'lucky country'. On Queensland's Gold Coast jobless and...
View ArticleNow middle classes are hit by fuel poverty: One in six families struggles to...
Middle class families are trapped in fuel poverty for the first time because bills have ‘gone through the roof’, according to research published today. Nearly one in six are struggling to afford their...
View ArticleFoodbank handouts double as more families end up on the breadline
Trussell Trust says two centres a week are opening in UK to give food parcels to working families struggling to cope A foodbank in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian...
View ArticleNutritious food too costly for the poorest families
Wednesday, 9 March 2011, 10:30 am Press Release: Child Poverty Action Group Nutritious food too costly for the poorest families Latest research from the University of Auckland supports recent claims...
View ArticleNR: Cost of healthy food a struggle for many Ottawa families (City of Ottawa)
Date: Friday 9 November 2012 Contact: City of Ottawa - Media Relations (613-580-2450), mediarelations@ottawa.ca Ottawa -The monthly cost of eating healthy for a family of four in Ottawa is estimated to...
View ArticleStruggling to put food on tables
Already cash-strapped and struggling to put food on their tables, consumers have been facing food price increases significantly higher than the rate of inflation. The latest Food Price Monitor report...
View ArticleFeeding America Responds to New USDA/IOM Report on the SNAP Program (Feeding...
(Source: Feeding America) Chicago, Illinois January 17, 2013 Feeding America, the nation's largest hunger relief organization commends the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) for their new report examining...
View ArticlePoverty pay makes vulnerable children and families
Tuesday, 28 February 2012, 9:10 pm Press Release: Service And Food Workers Union MEDIA RELEASE: SERVICE AND FOOD WORKERS UNION NGA RINGA TOTA 28 February 2012 Poverty pay makes vulnerable children and...
View ArticleCampaign launched for 'living wage'
A campaign has been launched for a "living wage" in New Zealand, inspired by policies in United States cities and London. The Living Wage Aotearoa NZ campaign is drawing support from unions, churches,...
View ArticleDrastic action needed to tackle growing food poverty
Food poverty is a huge problem in Ireland and throughout the EU. The Great British Budget Menu on BBC One recently featured three famous chefs coming face to face with it. Each chef had to live with a...
View ArticleStruggling families borrow to buy food
Struggling families are taking short-term loans or applying to their KiwiSaver providers to withdraw their savings to buy food, despite a reported drop in food prices. Annual inflation was 1 per cent...
View ArticleParliament: Metiria Turei Address in Reply - 8/2/2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 3:01 pm Press Release: Green Party 8 February 2011 Metiria Turei Co-leader Green Party Aotearoa New Zealand Address in Reply (embargoed until delivery). I am here for my...
View ArticlePay your staff more
Employers have a "moral imperative" to look at paying their staff more, says a Marlborough social advocate. Crossroads Charitable Trust spokeswoman Yvonne Dasler said the trust, which provides food for...
View ArticleBuying a home just got tougher
Marlborough housing experts are warning the Reserve Bank's moves to cool the overvalued house market will prevent New Zealanders getting on the property ladder. First-home buyers will face higher...
View ArticleLow-income families 'struggling'
AOIFE CARR Low-income families and those who are unemployed do not have enough money to achieve a basic standard of living, according to a report due to be published today. The report, funded by the...
View ArticleStruggling mum backs living wage call
Every day is a struggle for Moli Fataua. The Christchurch mother-of-six works fulltime as a cleaner, but still cannot afford the costs of feeding, clothing and keeping her children warm. Situations...
View ArticleMP: Region not immune from child poverty
On the eve of the 2013 Budget announcement, Top of the South Labour list MP Maryan Street has told the Marlborough Express a child poverty problem lies hidden behind the beauty of the province. "There...
View ArticleOur hungry kids: Shock food shortage in heartland growing worse
Thousands of families are seeking food grants and charity every year in the centre of New Zealand's lush dairy farming heartland, Hamilton. A five-year doctoral study by Waikato University sociologist...
View ArticleCatriona MacLennan: Employment is the best solution
People want to work, so creating jobs should be the highest priority in battle to reduce poverty. Congratulations to the New Zealand Herald for its coverage of child poverty issues. They are among the...
View ArticleOne in five parents struggling to feed their children (Tesco plc)
(Source: Tesco plc) 1 July, 2013 One in five parents struggling to feed their children One in five parents in the UK is struggling to feed their children, new research has revealed. The research shows...
View ArticleLoan sharks leaving families unable to buy food, say experts
Children are going to school hungry because their parents don't have enough money left for food after paying exorbitant interest rates to moneylenders, budget agencies say. Family Budgeting Services...
View ArticleTime to take a hard look at poverty
A new year is a time for new beginnings. Like many of my constituents, I'll be looking at fewer goodies and more exercise in 2012. If individuals can choose to change their paths, it seems to me that...
View ArticleSth Canty workers struggle for 'the basics'
Many South Canterbury workers are earning considerably less than the wage needed for the "basic necessities of life" as determined by a report released yesterday. The living wage for New Zealanders has...
View ArticleLife on benefits: The starving of the 11 million
For the past week I have had £31 to spend on food. Supermarket basics-range cornflakes and coffee have been my breakfast, home-made ham sandwiches my lunch, and for dinner I have been living off a big...
View ArticleWINZ exacerbates growing food bank lines this Christmas
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 1:49 pm Press Release: Green Party 20 December 2011 WINZ exacerbates growing food bank lines this Christmas Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) is helping to make Christmas...
View ArticleNews from EPI › EPI’s family budget calculator demonstrates that it is...
(Source: EPI - Economic Policy Institute) The real costs for families to live modest, economically secure lives are much higher than conventional estimates show for all cities across the country. For...
View ArticleSolidarity cannot conceal Haiti's struggle to feed its people
I was sceptical at first when colleagues in London asked whether anyone in the Haiti field office would like to take part in the Live Below the Line challenge (LBL). The idea behind the challenge is to...
View ArticleFamilies struggle to eat healthily amid rising food bills and shrinking budgets
As more people are unable to afford food, experts are warning that Britain's nutritional recession is going to get worse Nicola Probert and partner Tony Hodge look through their shopping at home in...
View ArticleCash flow stress hits one in two Kiwis
Nearly half of all New Zealanders are surviving one payday to the next, with many stressed about money and their financial future, a new survey suggests. And agencies dealing with the sharp end of...
View ArticleDecember cruellest month for poor
As Christmas approaches City Mission's work of supporting families and the homeless gets even more urgent. The noticeboards in the public area at the Hobson St headquarters of the Auckland City Mission...
View ArticleSearching for a way out
Child Poverty: A Special Report A top-level group is calling for sweeping changes to help our most disadvantaged kids. Catherine Masters and Simon Collins examine what child poverty means in New...
View ArticleCharity to open Hope House
Pregnant teens in Marlborough will soon have a new place of support. Marlborough charity The Bread of Life Trust is planning to open Hope House to provide a home, support and training to young mothers....
View ArticleNo fat in the family pot
The average low-income Marlborough family of four survives on less than $550 a week, says a Marlborough budget expert. Marlborough Family Budgeting Service president Neville White said most of the...
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