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Furness Poverty CommissionSHInIng A LIgHT On HIDDEn DEprIvATIOn In FurnESS
Ail 2013
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C o n t e n t s
Foreword - Caroline Hoggarth ............................................................................................................1
Foreword - John Woodcock MP .........................................................................................................2
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................3
1 How extensive is poverty across Furness? ................................................................4
2What are the causes of poverty in Furness? ..............................................................7
3 What does poverty actually look like across Furness?...............................................9
4 What are the effects of poverty on children? ............................................................13
5 How are different organisations working to tackle multiple deprivations? ................16
6Recommendations. How can we help people move out of poverty?........................19
References .......................................................................................................................................24
Acknowledgments.............................................................................................................................25
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Fo r e w o r dby Caolie Hoath - Lead Commissioe ad reot Wite
Whe we fist met to coside oety we wated to destad what oety ad
deiatio actally mea to eole who lie acoss Fess. poety ca ot jst be
meased ecoomically; it imacts deely o all aeas of life.
We wated to fid ot what the imact is o lii i deied cicmstaces fo
idiidals ad families ad those seices that sot them. We wee seeki to shie a
liht o the hidde deiatio acoss Fess that lies dee deeath the statistical
data. The meeti of eole fom diffeet aeas ad sectos with a commo oal of
tackli iceasi deiatio esed the Fess poety Commissio was bo.
I beliee that oly whe we destad the te extet of mltifaceted oety ca we
bei to hihliht it, tackle it ad ecommed how best to deal with it. I wat to ese
the best otcomes fo o commity. Woki i oe of the most deied aeas of the
coty ad faci eal-life oety each day esed my motiatio ad assio fo
imoi otcomes fo the childe ad families acoss Fess. Fo those fotate
eoh ot to hae exeieced oety i o commity I hoe that this eot will
aise awaeess ad disel ay miscocetios. I wat to ecoae yo to sot
the deelomet of Fess by deceasi the eatie imacts ad stima that
oety bis.
Most imotatly, the eole who hae bee ioled ad soke ot to sot this
Commissio, jst like me, loe the commity they lie i ad ae ot eaed to
watch Fess sli fthe ito deiatio. We wat to ese it is a eat lace fo o
childe ad fte eeatios to ow, lie ad wok.
This eot is a he ste towads joii aecies toethe ad calli the eole of
Fess, oliticias, blic secto wokes, oltay wokes ad o commities to
take actio. I hoe this ca ie eole asiatios, bette qality of life ad bette
choice i thei ftes.
Caolie Hoath
Its the action, not the fruit of the action, thats important. You have to do the rightthing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that therell be anyfruit. But that doesnt mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know
what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Mahatma gadhi
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Fo r e w o r dby Joh Woodcock Mp
Families ae fidi it iceasily had to make eds meet at the momet with may
stli to fid eoh wok o seei thei waes staate as hosehold bills o
ad .
The Fess poety Commissio has shoe a liht o how badly may of o ow ae
sffei i the cet ecoomic climate. This eot exoses the debilitati effect o
childe whose chaces to each thei otetial ca be blihted by the seee,
oloed deiatio which some families ede i silece, too ashamed to ask fohel.
Bt as well as skilflly ecodi eal hadshi ad sometimes desai, the athos of this
eot bi s hoe. Thee ae o maic fixes, bt the ecommedatios t fowad
by the oety commissioes cold make a eal diffeece to eole whose lies hae
bee toh fo may yeas ad who ae fidi this ee hade of late. Most of all,
the Fess poety Commissio emids s that thee is always hoe whe detemied
eole demad chae.
I am deely atefl to local head teache Caolie Hoath ad all the
commissioes fo acceti my eqest to fom the Fess poety Commissio ad
odce this eot. They hae boht exetise fom may diffeet ats of Fesslife ad doe seb wok eachi ot to cate the exeieces may hdeds of
local eole, both fotlie ofessioals deali with the effects of deiatio ad
those whose ow lies ca be a daily stle.
Lets show how mch we ale the wok of the Fess poety Commissio by
ledi to do whatee we ca to imoe the lies of local eole by addessi the
isses aised i these aes.
Joh Woodcock Mp
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I n t r o d u c t i o nMillions of people in the United Kingdom today are living below the standards set
by society. Despite the fact that the UK is a much wealthier country, levels of
deprivation are going back to the levels found thirty years ago.
Households below minimum standard 1983 2012
Percentage lacking three or more necessities 14% 33%
(The Impoverishment of the UK 2013 PSE UK)
Di the thee moth eiod that the Commissio was ie to be comleted the
most commo qestio asked has bee: What is oety?
poety acoss Fess esets itself i may foms ad bis with it a day-to-day
stle fo the idiidals csed by it.
pete Towsed, a socioloist, defied oety i 1979:
Idiidals, families ad os i the olatio ca be said to be i oety whe
they lack esoces to obtai the tye of diet, aticiate i the actiities ad hae the
lii coditios ad ameities which ae cstomay, o at least widely ecoaed
ad aoed, i the societies i which they belo. (CpAg Website)
So oety i Fess is like oety we see i thid wold coties bt it is elatie to
the exected lii stadads tyical i o coty. peole i oety i Fess ae
faci the lack of ability to choose what they ca eat, what they ad thei families ca
wea ad whee they ca o. They lack icome ad esoces to ese they ca lead
a hay, healthy lifestyle ad aticiate flly i society. Iceasily this is the eality
fo eole whethe they lie i the tows of Fess o ockets of al oety acoss
the may illaes that sa o eisla.
We dew a list of qestios we felt eeded
aswei ad these qestios also fom the chates
of this eot:
How extensive is poverty across Furness?
What are the causes of poverty across Furness?
What does poverty actually look like across Furness?
What are the effects of poverty on children?
How are different organisations working to tackle
multiple deprivations?
How can we help people move out of poverty?
Thohot this eot we seek to aswe these
qestios i a sccict way ad defie the best ways
fowad fo o commities.
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C h a p t e r 1How extensive is poverty across Furness?
This qestio was easy to aswe as eeybody seemed to be talki abot oety
acoss Fess i 2012. Headteaches wee seei iceased cases of families i cisis:
Deprivation is on the increase and I am worried we do not know the half of it!(Headteacher Dalton).
voltay os wee feeli the esse, local cocillos wee laci it at the to
of thei aedas ad health ofessioals wee eoti that oety was hai a
eatie imact. As we moed towads the ed of 2012 we ealised that oety was
seadi extesiely ad isidiosly acoss the aea. This chate will seek to dislay
the key statistics that back what may eole wee eoti aecdotally.
The first step towards tackling poverty is understanding it betterPoverty in Perspective (DEMOS, Claudia Wood et al.)
We hae to destad the diffei idicatos ad imact of oety o os of
eole. The poety i pesectie eot fom DEMOS illstates this efectly as its aim
was to bette destad the lied exeiece of oety ad eeate ew isihts
ito how to tackle it. They settled o 20 oety idicatos which sa health,
edcatio, hosi, social ad mateial esoces:
Renting Low
participation
Lacking
material goods
Lone adult
households
Carer for
a child
Low
income
Physicalill health
Overcrowding
Mentalill health
Deprivedneighbourhood
Financialworries
Behind
on bills
Limited
car access
Lack of
family support
Low/no
qualications
Lifestyle
deprivation
Disinterest
in politics
Lack of
neighbourhood
support
Low/no
employment
Fuelpoverty
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We hae sed the oety idicatos i this eot as a basis fo o statistical aalysis:
Renting Fuel
poverty
Lone adult
households
Low/no
employment
Financial
worries
Low
income
Limited
car access
Carer for
a child
Physical
ill health
Mental
ill health
Barrow & Furness South Lakes North West National
Total Number of Dwellings 33,257 52,003 3,146,862 22,947,500Local Authority Housing 2,728 - 8.2% 6.10% 113,287 - 3.6% 1,744,010 - 7.6%
Registered Social Landlord 799 - 2.4% 1,249 - 2.4% 472,030 - 15% 2,340,645 - 10.2%
Privately rented 4,005 - 12.1% 5831 - 12.5% 424,667 - 14.1% 3401675 - 15.4
Over 1.0 Persons Per Bedroom (Dwellings) 5754 - 17.3% 6723 - 12.9% 588539 - 18.7% 4803304 - 20.9%
No Central Heating (Households) 2440 - 7.8% 1838 - 3.9% 92991 - 3% 594561 - 2.7%
No Dependenat Children in family 11,753 20,674 1,120,596 8,476,581
One Dependent Child in family 4,170 4,567 416,731 2,951,089
Two Dependent Children in family 3,110 4,363 312,342 1,896,885
Three + Dependent Children in family 1102 1350 136210 1,039,762
Barrow & Furness South Lakes North West National
Median Household Income 22,835 28,052 27,100 29,000
Less than 10,000 per year 16.8% 12%
No access to a vehicle 9,345 - 29.9% 7,142 - 15.3% 841,667 - 28% 5,691,251 - 25.8%
In Employment (16-64) 29,800 - 66% 48,000 - 78.7% 3,032,900 - 68.4% 23657300 - 70.3%
Worklessness 19.80% 8.4% 15.6% 14.4%
Barrow & Furness South Lakes North West National
Bad Health 4,542 - 6.8% 3,701 - 3.6% 372,194 - 5.3% 2,250,446 - 4.2%
Very Bad Health 1,244 - 1.8% 994 - 1% 106,504 - 1.5% 660,749 - 1.2%
Disability Living Allowance Claimants 6,630 - 9.6% 3,830 - 3.7% 478,620 - 6.8% 2,609,180 - 4.9%
Claimants Aged Under 16 470 - 0.7% 390 - 0.4% 39,970 - 0.6% 283,700 - 0.5%
Claim Duration 5 Years and Over 5,190 - 7.5% 2,740 - 2.6% 347,070 - 4.9% 1,828,270 - 3.4%
Providing Some Unpaid Care 8,245 - 11.9% 12,228 - 11.8% 781,972 - 11.1% 5,430,016 - 10.2%
50+ Hours Unpaid Care a Week 2,364 - 3.4% 2,338 - 2.3% 199,476 - 2.8% 1,256,237 - 2.4%
Adults Accessing NHS Specialist Mental Health Services 1,808 - 2.6% 2,012 - 1.9% 176,146 - 2.5% 1,259,650 - 2.4%
Drug & Alcohol Service Cases 559 259
Accommodation
Economic
Health
all statistics taken from National Office of Statistics 2012
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Fom this eidece it is clea that i Baow we hae fa hihe ates o the oety
idicatos tha the atioal. Bt what ist show by the statistics is the ockets of
oety acoss Fess. May of the illaes that fall de Soth Lakes ae also sffei
fom the imacts of deiatio.
The most stiki thi take fom the sey caied ot fo this eot was the leel of
deiatio amost families i emloymet. Thee ae may families i low aid
emloymet who ae ot eliible fo cetai beefits o fee school meals ad this ts
a extaodiay amot of fiacial esse o them.
With a lack of skilled jobs i the aea it is difficlt fo ooly edcated idiidals to
fid emloymet. The ealece of hih iteest ledes i the aea cases some
families to become stck i a cycle of debt.
May ae also able to coe with fiacial emeecies sch as home eais, loss ofbeefit o waiti fo ay checks. This lack of a fiacial safety et coled with
chaes to beefits is shi moe ad moe families ito oety.
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C h a p t e r 2What are the causes of poverty in Furness?
Poverty is a complex phenomenon. It is caused by a range of factors which worktogether and result in inadequate resources. (Child Poverty Action Group)
40% of eole who comleted the noth West
Eei Mail oety sey said the mai
case of thei cet cicmstace was the
cost of taxes, et ad hosehold bills coled
with low waes o isfficiet beefit aymet.
Sice the Baow food bak oeed o 23 Jly
2012 it has ie ot a total of 802 oches
feedi 1101 adlts ad 599 childe acoss
the Fess eisla. Aai the mai cases
of cisis wee beefit delays (43%), chaes tobeefit (15%) ad low icome (11%).
Woyily, majo chaes to beefits, both
aleady i effect ad set to be
itodced, ae hai a
detimetal effect o leable
elemets of o society. The fit-fo-
wok test, which laely detemies
eliibility fo emloymet ad
sot allowace has see may
oe 50s, still of woki ae, i
Baow ad Fess, classified fit-fo-
wok afte as mch as 30 yeas otof wok eslti i damatic
edctios i beefit. Accodi to
Ae uK 70% of oe 50s ae ot of
esio ae ad withot
dimetay ICT skills they stle
to e-ete wok ad ths moe ot
of oety.
Fom 15 Ail 2013, the oemet
is itodci a ca o the total
amot of beefit that woki-ae eole ca eceie. The ca is
cetly 350 e week fo a sile
adlt with o childe ad 500 e
week fo a cole o loe aet,
eadless of the mbe of
childe they hae. Hosi beefit
is also set to chae. Size citeia
will aly i the social eted secto
elicati the size citeia alied
to hosi beefit claimats i the
iate eted secto de the
Local Hosi Allowace les. This
will mea a 14% ct i hosi
beefit fo hoseholds if they de-
occy by oe bedoom ad a
25% ct if they de-occy by
two o moe ooms.
This is foci eole to look fo
fiacial elief ad sot
elsewhee. 32% of those who
comleted the sey admitted tohai sed some fom of hih-
iteest fiaci.
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Cole this with emoal of Cisis
Loas ad Commity Cae gats
which sed to oide shot-tem
emeecy elief. 39 Baow food
bak oches wee haded ot
de to efsal of a cisis loa.
Joblessess is also a majo case of
oety i Baow. Thee is cetly
a joblessess ate of 20% i Baow
ad 63% of those asked said lack
of job ootities was a
cotibti facto to thei cet
sitatio. Thee is a majo lack ofskilled emloymet i Baow
ad Fess whee the thee
biest emloyes ae;
mafacti (23%), health (17%)
ad etail (13%). This is detimetal
as 26% of oe 16s do ot hold a
qalificatio ad 15% of eole
asked said oo edcatioal
otcomes wee a cotibti
facto to thei cet sitatio. This
is ot heled by the cetecoomic eiomet of Baow-
i-Fess whee i 2011 thee wee
240 bsiess closes ad oly 140 ew
eteises ceated.
A woyi feate acoss Baow ad Fess
is iteeeatioal oety. Edcatio, health
ad social cae ofessioals ae eoti a
lack of asiatio assi fom oe eeatio
to the ext. Childe i homes with a lack of
woki ole model, oo aetal
eaemet ad little sot with thei
edcatio mea these childe ca lack
cofidece i thei ow abilities ad ofte
deelo oo attitdes that lead to lack of
ambitio.The oemet oides additioal fdi i
the fom of a il emim to schools with
the aim that this moey is taeted so that
schools ca sot thei disadataed
ils ad close the attaimet a betwee
them ad thei ees. The immediate oblem
with this is that we kow oe half of childe
lii i oety ae ot eliible fo fee school
meals (estimated by the Childes Society to
be 1,100 childe acoss Fess) as they sffe
fom i-wok oety. Theefoe thei eeds aeot met thoh this oemet iitiatie ad
thei liht coties.
Children from poorer backgrounds are more likely than other children to notattain basic standards while at school. So the effects are passed from one
generation to the next.(Monitoring poverty and social exclusion 2011 Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
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C h a p t e r 3What does poverty actually look like across Furness?
It is not knowing where my next meal is coming from... In work 49 year old man.
I often sit with a quilt round me so that I can save the gas for when the children gethome from school 42 year old woman with 2 children (who was made redundant)
Not being able to pay for energy bills and fuel for my vehicle. Having no meat andnourishing food in our diet, surviving on beans, toast and soup etc 58 year old
employed man with one child.
We kow fom the idicatos that oety acoss Fess is at a all time hih ad with the
cet ecoomic climate it will cotie to icease. Acoss the wad bodaies of
Fess eole ae exeieci challei times whethe it is oo hosi, oo diet,
oo qality of life, lack of emloymet ootities o a combiatio of ay of these.
Oe of the key objecties di the Commissio was to ese we showed a te icteof oety fom eole who wee exeieci it ad bae eoh to talk abot it. We
held a fo-week lo oety cosltatio whee the eole of Fess wee asked to
comlete a simle oety sey aswei the
followi qestios:
Age.
Sex.
Are you employed or out of work?
Are you in receipt of benefits?
Number of dependents:Living arrangements?
Do you have a basic bank account?
Do you own a fridge and freezer?
What does poverty mean to you?
Do you consider yourself to be living in poverty?
If yes what is the main cause of your current situation?
Have you or your children ever had to go without basic necessities to make ends meet?
Do you consider yourself to have an adequate standard of living?Have you ever used doorstep lenders, loan sharks, pay day loans, pawn brokers, other high interest lenders?
What do you think are the main barriers and obstacles that keep individuals in poverty?
What to you think needs to change to alleviate poverty?
We had almost 200 seys haded i. As we ssected the eslts wee btally hoest
ad heat beaki.
peole lii i oety, both i ad ot of emloymet, do ot hae the esoces to
coe with exected eets, sch as the demads of a bill, a chae i beefits, ill
health, as well as ecessay exeses sch as, dooste ledes, hih-iteest loas
ad illeal moey ledes. May beefit claimats ad blic secto wokes aecoceed that chaes to the welfae beefit ae hai a detimetal imact o
the lies of esidets ad the commity as a whole.
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I dont think I live in poverty; I can afford to eat and pay the bills but I cant affordto put on the heating and my boiler is broken and I cant afford to fix it. I have
been told I need a new one and that is certainly out of the question because noone will lend me the cost of a new one.
Female, 44, Employed, in receipt of benefits, 2 Children, Homeowner.
The rising costs of energy bills and everyday living and wages not rising with
inflation mean once this bedroom tax comes in I can see me and the kids losingour home.
Male, 36, Employed, Not in receipt of benefit, 3 children, Social housing.
Case StudyThree children family Parents in employment Not in receipt of benefits Homeowners
Both aets ae i fll-time emloymet ad all thee childe ae at imay school,
oe with Secial Edcatioal needs. The family eceie o hosi beefit o cocil
tax elief ad thei childe ae ot etitled to fee school meals. They a ca so that
M B ca tael to wok. Jst io to the ed of atm tem, M B came to school ieat distess to ask fo a small shot-tem loa so that he cold by food fo the
childes acked lches. The week befoe the family cooke boke dow ad they
had to maae with jst a micowae ad toaste. They decided to se thei Chistmas
moey to chase a cooke, which they collected to sae o deliey fees. Howee,
the cost of the cooke, etol fo its collectio, ad its coectio had take all thei
sae moey. They eeded emeecy cash fo essetials. M B asked fo 30 which he
omised to ay back whe ot his waes
befoe Chistmas. The head ad school staff
kow the family well ad wee shocked at
thei distess. They always aid o time fo
tck sho sacks, milk ad school tis.
Checki thoh ecods hihlihted the
family had aid oe the last tem fo
sacks ad tis. The head immediately
ae the moey to M B telli him he was
etitled to it ad it was ot a loa. I
additio she made a doatio fom the
school fds toethe with the moey fom
othe staff to by the family Tesco oches
so that the family cold hae some sae
moey to elace thei Chistmas fds. Theschool also doated biscits ad
chocolates to the family.
The aish iest has sice ie moe
emeecy fdi as the family tmble
dye had boke. The family se a
miimm amot of heati so clothes
dyi oe this ey wet eiod had
become a isse.
The aets ae had-woki ad doi thei best to oide fo thei childe. Howee
the daily stle is sch that they ca be tied ito cisis at ay momet as they haeo fiacial safety et. At eset the school ad the aish ae filli the a bt it is
ot a emaet soltio.
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Case StudyOne child family In employment Not in receipt of benefit Homeowners
With oly oe aet i emloymet the bdet is stetched to coe the cost of basic
hosehold bills ad food bt leaes o moey fo aythi else sch as; clothi;
lxies; hosehold eais. Damae to the cetal heati system ad a leaki oof
leaes the hosehold with o heati ad dam. Isace comaies do ot make
aymets fo leaki oofs. Medicies sch as ihales ad atibiotics ae ot
cosideed a ecessity bt ae oly aailable at the exese of othe hosehold
ecessities.
Case StudySingle male 16-24 Unemployed In receipt of benefit Privately rented accommodation
Edcated to deee leel, M A left iesity ealy de to esoal oblems ad
moed to Lodo i ode to fid emloymet. Afte losi his job he was ot able to
claim beefit fo fo weeks ad ot ito aeas with his bills. uable to fid alteatie
wok M A was foced to moe ot of his accommodatio ad with little extededfamily he was elyi o the oodwill of fieds fo somewhee to lie. He has sice
eted to Baow bt was able to obtai a cisis loa to eable him to moe ito
eted accommodatio. Maki se of a close sot etwok he was able to athe
toethe eoh moey to ay fo the deosit o a oom i a shaed hose bt
withot the oodwill of fieds he wold hae bee able to ay fo
accommodatio. He is cetly looki fo emloymet, si old coectios i the
hositality idsty. Howee this case clealy hihlihts that thee is o eal safety et
fo those able to ely flly o family. Withot a adeqate social etwok he wold
hae bee homeless.
Poverty is characterised by fear, anxiety and uncertainty(Greater Manchester Poverty Commission 2013.)
Feelis of fea ad cetaity ca lead to deessio ad metal ill health as well as
alcohol ad sbstace abse. Low self-esteem ca hae a eatie effect o self-
cofidece leai eole lacki social etwoks ad the ability to seek hel, fid
wok o lay a ositie ole i society.
Costatly woyi if the bills ae all oi to be aid, sometimes ot hai moey
fo food, ot ee bei able to affod to et away aywhee, ot bei able to affod
to sece yo home, boke locks, o isace, to be i so mch debt Id be wose off
woki, to oly be able to by secod had clothes ad hai to sell this to affod
Chistmas ad ot to be able to affod heati. Female, 34, Ot of wok, i eceit ofbeefit, 1 child, Homeowe.
Poverty is having lack of choice(Greater Manchester Poverty Commission 2013.)
not bei able to choose what
yo eat, whee yo lie, what
yo by, o whee yo o. A
oo edcatioal backod
ad lack of skilled
emloymet leads to
fstatio ad boedom which
ca maifest itself i ettycimiality ad atisocial
behaio.
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C h a p t e r 4What are the effects of poverty on children?
Redundancy has hit many of our families very hard with some facing theprospect of selling the family home to survive. This has a huge impact on the
emotional well being of the children Headteacher from Ulverston
The 2010 Child poety Act set a
ambitios taet of edci elatie
child oety to 5% ad absolte
child oety to 10% by 2020.*
Howee becase of the oemet
chaes to the beefit system de
the Welfae refom Act 2012 fom
Ail 1st 2012 it is likely that child
oety is oi to icease ad the
taet will ot be met.
Cetly abot 3,000 childe lie below the oety lie acoss Fess. The imact
of oety o childe is ofte oelooked bt ca leae a lifelo leacy. Thei
exeieces ca lead to lo tem ham o health ad thei ability to eae i the
edcatio system. I additio it affects the lo tem ability to sstai emloymet,
the qality of social elatioshis ad ca lead to low self esteem ad
iteeeatioal lack of asiatio.
It is often the lack of hope that become the bleakest legacy(Mind The Child Camila Batmanghelidjh and The Kids Company.)
Di the commissio two meetis wee held with headteaches ad seio leadeseeseti 40 edcatioal establishmets acoss Fess. They filled i a qestioaie
abot the imact of oety o thei stdets aed betwee 2 ad 19. The esoses
wee ey simila ideedet of the ae o. It was clea that all edcatioal
settis (seies, schools/academies ad fthe edcatio collees) attedi wee
exeieci leels of oety ai fom ockets of deiatio to the majoity of
ils faci disadatae. All wee eqally i aeemet that oety is o the
icease ad hai a eatie effect o stdets lies ad leai.
poety ca lead to a lack of ability to flfil childes basic hma eeds of food,
shelte ad wamth. Seeal key themes emeed fom the headteache esoses
abot basic eeds ad thei imact o childes hysical ad metal health,social/emotioal deelomet, behaio, ability to lea ad attitdes to leai
ad fte asiatios.
Headteaches ae examles of how childes basic eeds wee ot met acoss
Fess they iclded:
Lack of food and poor diet
Inadequate clothing especially warm coats and well fitted shoes
Inadequate kit for school activities i.e. P.E and swimming
Poor sleeping conditions at home e.g. no bed, bedding, noise
Poor housing conditions
Living in poorly heated house (fuel poverty)
* relative poverty is defined as: income measured in comparison to the income of the rest of the population in the current year.Absolute poverty is defined as: income measures in comparison with the income distribution in 1988/99.
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Fo childe exeieci some o all of these coditios day to day life is extemely
challei ad ca lead to :
Poor health and lack of energy
Poor school attendance and punctuality
Tiredness and inability to concentrate
Coming to school hungryStress and worry leading to mental health issues
Social isolation
Lack of readiness to learn in school
Behaviour issues
May childe ae so absobed i coi with isses at home (oeheai debt
coesatios, lack of mateial ecessities, witessi ows ad domestic iolece) that
they hae little eey o caacity to focs o leai.
The head of a jio school eoted seeal childe eaed fo school- tied,
hy, stli with emotioal tesios at home. This damatically affects thei ability
to lea. A school adise eoted the stess of family oety seiosly affects childes
ability to lea ad to fom sotie social elatioshis i school
poety ca lead to social isolatio fo some childe meai they stle to fom
elatioshis ad ty to hide thei life cicmstaces fom thei ees.
A secoday school seio leade commeted o exclsio fom ees de to tidy,
dity hysical aeaace, lack of ctality/attedace, lack of self cofidece ad
ot hai the moey to joi i exta cicla ad ot of school actiities
May headteaches aeed that childe who had oe o moe low-wae woki
aets who wee ot etitled to fee school meals wee demostati that i-wokoety was also a he isse i o schools. The qality of acked lches was ofte
iadeqate. Oe imay headteache eoted a child steali food fom othes. The
Childes Societys ecet sey ito childe i oety ad fee school meals
estimated 1,100 childe acoss Fess who wee i oety bt ot eliible fo fee
school meals. A mothe who moed off beefits ito wok fod she was o loe
etitled to fee school meals ad school meals wold hae cost he 35 e week fo
thee childe. She is ow oidi less titios acked lches.
All schools eoted that moe ad moe time was bei take deali with childes
emotioal ad behaioal isses ofte cased by oo family cicmstaces. All aeed
that withot time set listei ad esodi to these emotioal eeds childe woldstle to scceed academically.
We now know that early stress and adversity can literally get under a childs skin,where it can cause damage that lasts a lifetime (How Children Succeed. Paul Tough).
Childe fom ooe backods ae moe likely to exeiece a edced ae of
exeieces ad actiities ot of school ad sffe the effects of aetal
diseaemet. This alo with edced emloymet ootities acoss Fess has
led to childes asiatios fo thei ftes bei limited. Headteaches eoted may
of these childe wold ot each thei fll otetial becase they lack a woki ole
model at home. This the leads to childe moi ito the beefits system whe they
leae school athe tha fthe edcatio o emloymet. Childe fom families i lowaid wok ca miss ot o fdi to ay tasot costs to collees ae ieliible fo
hadshi bsaies.
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Students could face costs of 350 on transport to collegeSixth Form College Registrar.
All the attedees to the edcatio meetis ae committed to eeti the cycle of
oo childe becomi oo adlts ad to deeloi iteetios that will hel
childe to oecome ay adesity they face. The ecommedatios to hel them
tackle this ca be fod i chate 6 of this eot.
Children who grow up in the most painful circumstances can go on to achieveamazing things
(How Children Succeed Paul Tough.)
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As the Commissio was aoced i
Decembe 2012 ad embaked o the fist
meeti it was clea that aleady thee wee
may lihts shii acoss Fess fom
oaisatios ad aecies woki had to
ty ad tackle the deiatio bei
eseted to them. This chate is to show
yo a limse of the isiatioal wok that is
aleady oi o acoss o eisla fom
blic secto aecies to oltees whohae deoted may hos of thei time to
make a diffeece to o commities faci
the daily stle of deiatio.
The most effectie method of tackli
oety is thoh face-to-face iteactio
with those lii i deiatio. This allows
fot-lie ofessioals to idetify ad
destad the isses faced by leable
os lii i low icome hoseholds. I
ode fo this to be effectie staff mst hae
the basic kowlede ad skills to siost to
exet adice ad sot fo eole
exeieci oety. By bildi etwoks
amost ofessioals ad seices it is
ossible to establish a effectie sot
stcte fo leable elemets of o
society. Fo this to be sccessfl it is imeatie
that a bod of tst be established betwee
seices, ofessioals ad those eole they
ae tyi to hel. This is most sccessfl whe
those seices ad ofessioals deal with thesame cliets elaly ad delie o
demads ad eqests wheee ossible.
This method is caied ot sccessflly
acoss Fess thoh the oltay
ad blic sectos by os ad
oaisatios sch as the nHS health
isitos, Childe Cetes,
eihbohood maaemet teams,
CADAS, Isia, Shelte, Citizes Adice
Bea, as well as thoh edcatio
establishmets, the olice ad pSCOs.
Howee, a edemic lack of fdiacoss both the blic ad oltay
sectos i Baow ad Fess has see
the eosio of these ofessioal social
etwoks. reddacies ad staff
shikae hae see Fess lose a
eat mbe of well-ifomed, hihly
taied ofessioals ad has affected
the ability of seices to effectiely cay
ot face-to-face cstome seices o
a daily basis. It has also see the
cetalisatio of essetial social seices
slowi thei efficiecy ad the flow of
ifomatio.
Schools acoss the aea deal with
childe ad families i oety o a
daily basis. neetheless they ae
able to iteact with small os of
social wokes bt istead ae assied
ofessioals o a case load basis; this
has detimetal effect o tst as it is
difficlt fo the family, the school ad
the childe to bild a aot ad
destadi. If schools had
dedicated social wokes thee wold
be eate scoe fo tst eabli
ofessioal to hae a eate imact
o the lies of childe ad families.
Baow & Fess cetly has thee
nHS health isitos esosible fo 900
childe. Clealy this is a
maaeable mbe of cases fostaff to effectiely make chaes i the
lies of families.
C h a p t e r 5How are different organisations
working to tackle multiple deprivations?
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the seices the olice offes ad has
stetched thei ofessioal social etwok
with the loss of exeieced staff to
eddacy. They hae oted a edctio i
attedace of stateic ateshi
meetis ad this ca lead to commities
focsi thei attetio o the olice, asthey ae able to offe slemetay
seices otside of thei emit, ceati
fstatio ad mistst. Desite the edctio
i bdet the olice hae fod sccess
thoh iiti iteactio with the blic
ia steet talks ad web chats. By
ascetaii thei coces the olice ae
able to ealy ma owe whee
aoiate.
The cocil has ecetly lached a two
yea ilot scheme, Loe Baow Families
desied to hel leable families i
Baow. I essece the oject is aimed at
bii toethe adlt ad child health ad
social cae seices ito oe team fo whole
families. This is a fatastic examle of the
establishmet of a effectie social etwok
which ca wok with idiidal families o a
face-to-face basis; oe mai key woke will
be oided fo each family who will et to
kow them well ad will co-odiate all otheseices. Iitially 60 families will beefit fom
the oject which will be ealated ad
lessos leaed will be sed to iflece
othe ats of the coty.
Isia has see its bdet ct by 1m
ad they ae ow o loe able to
offe a fll holistic seice bt istead
offe a mch edced seice to
leable os oly. De to
chaes to the edcatio system
yoth wok taeti yo eole iedcatio mst ow be caied ot
otside of ciclm hos maki it
difficlt to effectiely iteact with this
o. Seices sch as Ds, Alcohol
ad Sexal Health seice hae bee
damatically edced ad they ae
ow cometi with othe seices fo
fdi. A edctio i staff has see a
loss of ialable exetise ad affects
thei ability to offe face-to-face
seices.
The Cetal ad Hidool
neihbohood Maaemet Team
based o Dalto road has see its
bdet damatically edced. This has
affected its ability to offe face-to-face
do i seices ad has see a
edctio i eihbohood wades,
as well as the hihly ola jio
wade oamme. This o has
set the ast fie yeas bildi asto elatioshi with the commity
as a effectie seice which delies
o eqests made by esidets. This i
t fosteed eate eihbohood
ide ad social cohesio. The jio
wade oamme eabled the team
to iteact with a yoe
demoahic heli to beak a cycle
of ati-social behaio. It is ossible to
ae a edctio i the seices
offeed by this team will lead to a
edctio i tst betwee the
commity ad seices ad will hae
a detimetal effect o
eihbohood ide which cold i
t lead to a ise i ati-social
behaio.
Cmbia Costablays bdet has
bee edced by 20m i a fie yea
eiod. This has see a edctio i
olice offices ad pCSOs o the beatad has led to the cetalisatio of
seices. This has led to a edctio i
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Aothe excellet examle of social
etwoki is the iceasi olaity of
Time Baks. It is a way of haessi the
assets ad exetise i the commity ad
ioles membes of the commity
eistei skills, ethsiasm, talets ad time
to othes. Fo eey ho that is ie a time
bak membe ca the withdaweqialet sot o seices whe they
miht eed it. This is a ood way of ceati
a localised social etwok ad fostes a
sese of commity siit ad social
cohesio.
The ilot has bee joitly fded by Cmbia
pateshi nHS Fodatio Tst ad
Cmbia Coty Cocil.
Aothe key way oaisatios tackle
oety is by hihlihti ad omoti key
emloyability skills i the commity ad
schools. A ood examle of this was a skills
fai oaised i collaboatio betwee
Fess Edcatio ad Skills pateshi ad
Isia.
The ateshi has deeloed a list of 12
fdametal skills which they beliee will
odce oded, oded ad
emloyable yo eole ad these wee
omoted at the eet. Ecoaibsiesses ad local ole models to iteact
with schools o a moe feqet basis wold
hel establish a hihe leel of
asiatio i low-icome hoseholds.
Oe of the laest cases of oety i
this aea is the ealece of hih
iteest ledes ad oe of the most
effectie ways of tackli deiatio
is by omoti the ecetly fomed
Baow ad Distict Cedit uio. Loas
ae cetly set at a maximm ate of
iteest of two e cet e moth ad
it is hoed by ecoai eole to
sae esosibly ad by offei
affodable loas thee will ow be eal
alteaties to hih iteest ledes.
To coclde the most effectie ways to
tackle oety ae ia establishi
effectie social etwoks amost
ofessioals ad commities. By
fostei tst betwee seices ad
the commity; ecoai the
teachi of emloyable skills ad the
commity; ad by omoti the se
of the ecetly establish Baow &
Distict Cedit uio. Howee, a
habital shotae of fdi acoss
both the blic ad oltay secto is
tti stai o the tst betwee
seices ad the commity as isaffecti thei ability to offe face-to-
face seices.
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C h a p t e r 6How can we help people move out of poverty?
Recommendations from the Commission
To hel eole moe ot of oety we mst ese that we fistly destad thediffeet tyes of oblems that eole ae exeieci ad diect the iht seices to
the iht eole at the iht time.
If the government wants to tackle the social problems associated withentrenched, multiple deprivation and hardship, it cannot only focus on families in
this situation at the present time. It must also look ahead at those groups which areat risk of these problems
(Poverty In Perspective DEMOS)
The followi ecommedatios come fom the may meetis which hae take
lace, aecies who hae ie thei time, ad eole lii i oety who hae
soke ot oe the last thee moths to ese somethi ositie haes becaseof the Commissio.
OUR CHILDREN
National Curriculum:
The fundamental purpose of schools is to ensure that all students learn and notmerely that all students are taught.
John Hattie Visible Learning for Teachers.
Recommendation: We must ensure our children have a fit for purpose curriculum and
assessment system which allows all children to succeed and move into further
education, training and employment at 16.
These matters are of significant concern to many responsible and well informedleaders of education, whose vocation it is to develop, challenge and support all
young people in towns like Barrow-in-Furness to become highly literate, numerate,relevantly skilled and appropriately qualified citizens, in order that they become
the highly motivated and competitive workforce and innovators of tomorrow, thusimproving our local and national competitiveness, economic growth and
sustainability, jobs, equality of opportunity and community cohesion.Principal Furness Academy
To ese o childe ae eaed fo thei adlt woki life we mst ese the
ciclm oides both coe basic skills ad kowlede aloside key chaacte adesoal skills which will allow them to exloe ad aly this kowlede ceatiely
acoss sbjects. This will ese they become oded citizes eaed to leae the
edcatio system ad become
well-eaed emloyees. The
oosed daft natioal
Ciclm misses the
fdametal esoal ad social
deelomet of these eqiy
ad life-lo skills ad focses
heaily o escitie cotet. It
elies o a test based systemtesti childe thohot thei
edcatio yeas.
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Increasing Aspiration:
Recommendation: A network of good role models, particularly males, from a range of
business backgrounds, to work across schools on a volunteer basis.
We eed a timebak of ood woki ole models to isie ad eae o childe
fom a yo ae. Joh Woodcock Mp has tialled this tye of metoi scheme i
geeate Ifat ad nsey school ad de to its sccess we thik this model sholdow be exaded ad offeed fo all schools to be able to access.
Fess Social Iclsio steei o has bee established i Fess with
eesetatio fom ifat, jio, imay, secoday ad ost 16 settis to look at how
we ca best isie childe acoss Fess to deelo basic liteacy ad meacy skills
ad to icease asiatio ito adlthood. They ae tti toethe a EEF bid i the
hoe that this ca lead the way followi the latest edcatioal eseach to deelo a
wold class edcatio system acoss Fess.
Schools as hubs:
Recommendation: Schools should be offered outreach services within their
establishments to ensure services reach the people who need them at the right time.
Afte the headteache meetis it was ey clea schools ae taki o moe ad moe
oles otside of thei edcatioal emit de to the edctio i seices acoss the local
athoity. Families bild a excellet elatioshi with the schools thei childe atted
ad feel most comfotable aski fo ad accessi hel i the school bildis. Oce
families ae asked to atted meetis ad seices otside of thei ow eiomets
this ca case a baie to them accessi sot. May schools do ot hae a
Childes Cete ext doo bt do hae ooms that cold be booked ad sed withi
thei schools fo seices to wok withi a familia setti to ese the eeds of the
families ae met.
Financial Education:
Recommendation: Furness needs to make provision to offer alternatives to high cost
credit and financial education for the people who will need to readdress home
budgeting.
Hih cost cedit, doo ste ledi ad loa shaks ae becomi iceasily
ealet acoss o distict. This is both a case ad coseqece of deiatio
which is casi eoles fiaces to sial ot of cotol. With the oe mothly
aymet de iesal cedit eole sed to bdeti weekly o fotihtly will ow
hae to face eceii a mothly aymet. The chaes to ayi hosi beefit
diectly to the claimat will also mea eole hae the esosibility of esi this isaid o time. Thee will be a he eed to deelo fiacial lai ad sot
acoss Fess.
Credit Unions: Baow ad Distict Cedit uio oeed i Febay 2013 with its 100th
membe joii as we wet to ess. We eed ow to fthe omote this acoss all
aecies to ese that sai ad sbseqetly low cost ledi is ecoaed acoss
o commities. The ext ste wold be the exasio of cedit ios ito ulesto
ad sodi aeas that ae ot eliible to joi the Baow ad Distict Cedit uio.
Financial education: The eed fo fiacial sot ad lai is a ootity to
ese eole do ot sik fthe ito fiacial difficlty. Thee is a ootity to offe
sot ad oteach CAB seices i Childes Cetes, collees ad schools to eachfamilies ad idiidals who will eed the sot bt do ot hae the cofidece to
atted ot of thei local commities.
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Community service awareness events:
Fess Shakstoes, a local
oltay o, hae held a eet
which saw 25 aecies offei
actical moey adice. This eet
heled 30 eole who atteded o
the coldest day of the yea. This eetwill be eeated ad will hoeflly
offe fthe adice to moe eole i
o commities.
Thee is a ootity to offe simila
adice i school settis ad this is
cetly bei omoted by Baow
neihbohood Maaemet team. If
sccessfl i its tial schools,( ramsde
Ifats, geeate Jio ad
geeate Ifat & nsey School)
the model eeds to be exteded ito
othe schools acoss Fess matchi
seices to the eeds of the local
commities the school sees.
Health Services:
Recommendation: We must ensure that services are maintained at Furness General
Hospital and these services must be of the highest quality with well-qualified
permanent staffing in place at all times.
Fess has exeieced a ey woyi time with coces abot Fess geeal
Hosital oe a mbe of yeas. This yea it aoced i Febay the temoaytasfe of mateity seices to Lacaste, which was the sbseqetly halted.
Followi this ad the ews of the oosed moe of the ocoloy it blic
coce eached fee itch.
This isied a he cy of blic otae ad two os wee set . Fistly Mady
Telfod, rachael Ket ad Amada Stehes, thee local mms, set the Thosad
voices Camai which attacted thosads of followes o its Facebook ae ad
hdeds of eole atteded two blic meetis. The secod o, Fess
Cace Cae Camai, was set ad is led by Dae McSweeey. This has also
attacted thosads of sotes ad held a blic meeti with uiesity Hositals
of Moecambe Bay Fodatio Tst.
The messae is clea fom eole acoss Fess that they desee the hihest qality
cae at thei local hosital. Fistly de to o eoahical locatio eole beliee it
wold t lies at isk by tasfei seices. It wold mea families wold eed to
tael fo a ho to a ho ad a half to isit o atted aoitmets. This wold t
eat esse o eole who do ot hae thei ow tasot ad add
accetable costs o families aleady stli with oety. It wold also mea
Fess wold ot be a attactie osect fo ecoomic owth with a lack of
seices fo families withi its eisla.
The secod messae which is lod ad clea is that eole acoss Fess eed a
health seice we ca tst. This is soted feetly by Moecambe Bay IqiyActio (MBIA) who also aim to se thei collectie oice to camai fo safe
seices ad a moe oe clte i o hositals.
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Economic Growth:
Recommendation: To ensure the economic growth agenda of our local councils
include the following: ensure that we have enough high quality low-cost childcare
across Furness; local businesses sign up to a be a living wage employer (living wage is
a national campaign and is set at 7.45 per hour) to ensure people have enough
money to meet their basic needs; working pays.
May eole acoss Fess ae ow sffei de to emloymet, at-time wok
ad isece jobs. We mst ese that we do all we ca to boost o local ecoomy.
Quality low-cost and flexible child care:
We kow fom eole who hae soke ot di the commissio that thee is a
shotae of affodable child cae ad also child cae that ca be flexible aod
woki hos.
Local business involvement :
We eed to ecoae the meeti
toethe of local bsiesses to see if theyca boost the ecoomy o offe soltios
(the fist meeti of this tye is laed to be
held i May 2013)
Wok mst ay: We eed to ese that
eole who moe ito wok ae ot wose
off i emloymet by aski bsiesses to
si to the lii wae ad that local
cocils sot those moi i ad ot of
wok feqetly who eed beefits to
sot them befoe they eceie thei fist
ay acket o whilst they ae moi ito the
comlex beefit system. The oemet
also eed to eiew the eliibility citeia fo
childe etitled to fee school meals.
Free transport links:
Recommendation: To improve children and young adults access to education, training
and employment by exploring the possibility of providing free transport for people living
in poverty.
A sto oice was head fom a ae of seices ad eole lii i oety sayi
that the cost of tasot was maki taelli fo some stdets to school, colleead taii imossible. It is accetable that eole caot flfil thei asiatios
becase they caot affod the tasot costs to et to collee o wok.
Co-ordinated services:
Recommendation: That we use the expertise and work already taking place across the
peninsula and co-ordinate them to ensure efficiency and better access to the services
people need.
Fess has a wealth of seices, blic, iate ad oltay, all woki had to meet
the eeds of eole i Fess. These seices eed to be laed ad co-odiated so
we ca tackle the ayi tyes of oety qickly ad effectiely.Fess eeds a fom fo all seices to meet elaly thohot the yea. This wold
ese that seices cold be co-odiated to meet the eeds of eole.
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Key worker across multiple services:
As discssed i Chate 5 this way of woki is abot to be tialled with 60 families
de the Loe Baow Families oamme ad will ese that families ae ot faced
with telli thei stoy eeatedly to eey seice they eed to access. They ae led
thoh thei difficlties with a key woke who will wok o thei behalf to ese the
iht seices et to the families at the iht time.
Directory of services: Thee is a eed fo a -to-date eeds-led database that ca
be accessed both olie ad i ae-based fomat so all aecies ad eole who
lie i Fess ca access the iht hel at the iht time.
Poverty Action Group:
Recommendation: That a smaller group is selected to ensure the recommendations are
followed through and to drive the Poverty Commission forward under the name Furness
Poverty Action.
A o mst cotai coss-seice leades who ca cotie the iitial mometm of
the poety Commissio ad meet elaly to moito ad challee the oess of
the ecommedatios ad to eot back. The mometm ad ofile of oety
acoss Fess mst cotie.
Moving on from here
The key thing I have learned is that schools, as the hubs of our communities, areoften the first places to be able to identify issues relating to poverty, through
children and parents. They also play a key role in ensuring families in povertyreceive the support they need at an early stage. We need to recognise this and
give our schools proper support to cope with the issues as they become aware of
them. Schools need practical support so the staff can provide this earlyintervention without it affecting their day job of delivering education.
Janet Willis Councillor Low Furness
We kow the case of oety stems fom eithe low icome, iadeqate beefits o
joblessess. We all aee it is accetable that eole caot meet thei basic eeds
o a daily basis ad lie fom day to day withot bei able to focs o a stable fte.
I the thee moths we had to cay ot the commissio we hae bee faced with the
eality of oety seei acoss o eisla ad hae sadly see it icease
damatically i this shot time. The ecommedatios hee ae iteded to be
achieable ad otetially life chai fo the eole who they ae aimed at
heli. I aticla we ae kee to taet os who may be at isk i the fte adhae systems i lace so oety ca be tackled qickly ad aoiately. With this i
mid the fist ecommedatios ae abot o childe as we ae detemied to beak
the iteeeatioal cycle of oety ad offe eey child a ootity to achiee
thei maximm otetial ad make a ositie cotibtio to society.
Furness Poverty Commission is an excellent first step in developing ourunderstanding of poverty in the area. Im pleased to have been a part of the
Commission and make some small contribution. Poverty has a crushing effect oncommunities everywhere but Im grateful I live in Barrow where people care abouttheir neighbours, family and friends. Every day I see people willing to help others
get through the day to day problems life throws up. I hope this report helps
galvanise that sense of community so we can all do our bit locally to help thosestruggling in difficult times.
Steve Robson, Neighbourhood Manager, Barrow Borough Council.
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AcknowledgementsThe Steering Group of Commissioners:
Mrs Caroline Hoggarth, Headteacher Greengate Infant and Nursery School , Barrow In Furness.
Mr. Steve Robson, Neighbourhood Management manager, Barrow Borough CouncilCllr Janet Willis, Councillor (Low Furness)
Mr. Jonathan Lee ,Editor and publisher North-West Evening Mail
Mrs Charlotte Smith, NHS Health Visitor (Hindpool)
Cllr Tina Macur, Councillor Newbarns
Cllr Anne Burns, Councillor Hindpool
Mr. Kevin Rowan, Northern TUC General Secretary
Mr. Dave Morrison, Action For Children: Childrens Centre manager for Greengate, Bram and Walney
Rev. John Goddard, Abbey Road Baptist Church (Foodbank hosts)
Mrs. Christine McKinley, Barrow Citizens Advice Bureau Manger
Mr. Joe Nixon, Secretary to the Commission
Schools, academies and colleges who contributed:
Barrow Sixth Form College Barrow Island Primary School
Brisbane Park Infant School Cambridge Primary School
Chapel St Infant and Nursery School Croftlands Junior School
Dalton St Marys CE Primary School Dowdales Secondary School
Furness Academy Furness College
Greengate Infant and Nursery School Greengate junior School
Hindpool Nursery School Newbarns Primary SchoolNewton School
North Walney primary School Ramsden Infant School
Sir John Barrow Primary School South Walney Infant and Nursery School
St Bernards Catholic High School St Columbas Catholic Primary School
St Georges CE School St Pauls CE Junior School
Ulverston Infant School Ulverston Victoria High School
Vickerstown School Victoria Infant and Nursery School
Victoria Junior School Walney Secondary School
Yarlside Primary School
Other agencies who contributed:
Northwest Evening Mail Barrow Foodbank Age Uk Shelter
Barrow and District Credit Union Cumbria Choice Lettings MIND Thousand Voices Campaign
Love Barrow Families Project Inspira CADAS MBIA
Furness Cancer Care Campaign Families Matter Barrow Police School Health Team
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Special thanks to:
Joa Stak, Ideedet cosltat ad etied leade of
Elish fo Cmbia LA fo soti the witi of this
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Beads Catholic Hih School who has
asiatios of becomi a ofessioal
hotoahy. He sed his Easte
holidays 2013 to take the
hotoahs which ae
iclded i this eot.
Fially to all the eole
acoss Fess who wee
bae eoh to shae
thei stoies. This eot is
fo yo i the hoe it will
chae lies.