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London Challenge Poverty Week 2024

Solace are proud once again to be part of London Challenge Poverty Week. Levels of poverty in our communities are heartbreaking:

·  4 out of 10 Londoners do not meet what is deemed to be an acceptable standard of living. 

· Around 9 in 10 (89%) adults in Great Britain continue to report that their cost of living has increased, equal to around 46 million people. (ONS)   

· Around 9 in 10 (89%) adults in Great Britain continue to report that their cost of living has increased, equal to around 46 million people. (ONS)   

· The Resolution Foundation estimated in early September 2022 that absolute poverty will increase by over 3 million people between 2021/21 and 2022/23. (The House of Commons Library)  

· According to the Childhood Trust, a third of the parents questioned in a survey said their under-18s had raised concerns about the cost-of-living crisis.    
· The total number of people reportedly made homeless or threatened with homelessness as a result of domestic abuse in 2021-2022 was 37,340. (Priority Need Report)

· 53% of single-parents living in poverty after housing costs (trust for London)  

· 39% of those in non-white families living in poverty after housing costs (trust for London)

· 27% of Londoner’s are living in poverty after housing costs (trust for London)   

Adequate income, social security and work

Housing and homelessness

Physical and mental health

Poverty, dignity and discrimination

Poverty