WARM, DRY AND READY TO LEARN
We need to raise £114,000 to keep children in Yorkshire warm this winter
(and we can’t do it without you!)
This year, 2,373 children have applied for our ‘Warm, Dry and Ready To Learn’ Winter Support Campaign.
So far, we can only fund 1,337 of these applications.
That means that 1,036 children will go without until more support is found, and a further £114,000 is raised.
Parents feel like “better” parents because their children are warm and look nice.
learn about the difference your support makes
2024 Impact
Each year we receive more and more applications from families in need (demand has grown over 700% in just three years), and the impact speaks for itself.
Simply by providing shoes and coats, schools are telling us that “the positive knock on effect seems to be endless, children feel more confident because they are warm and look good, parents feel like “better” parents because their children are warm and look nice, teachers are happy as certain children are warm and attending school.”
100%
of schools said support helped to alleviate stress for parents and carers
80%
of schools reported an increase in attendance
84%
of schools have seen an improvement in children’s confidence
98%
of schools reported that children are now able to arrive at school ‘warm, dry and ready to learn’
£4
Donating the cost of your morning coffee could provide a hat and glove set for a child who will otherwise be cold
£8
can make the difference between wet socks and warm feet
£14
will mean a child doesn’t walk to school wet and cold this winter
£18
will make sure a child doesn’t sleep on a bed without a duvet
£50
Can give a child the basics they need to arrive at school warm, dry and ready to learn this winter.
£1000
can cover the winter essentials costs needed for one school in your local area
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Help make sure children are warm, dry and ready to learn this winter
Through our fundraising events alongside trusts and foundations, we’ve raised enough money to support 1,337 of the 2,373 children identified as needing critical help. That still leaves, 1,036 children facing a dismal winter.
For us, this equates to a funding gap of £114,000.
We’ve raised enough to fund 1,337 of these applications. That leaves 1,036 children with nothing. For us, that looks like a shortfall of £114,000.
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The children we are supporting this year
38% of the families we’re supporting are working parents. They are doing everything “right” – holding down jobs, sending their children to school – and yet, the cost of living is so high, their best just simply isn’t enough.
Families who have never asked for help before are now turning to us because their income doesn’t stretch far enough. They’re skipping meals so their children an eat. Choosing between heat and hygiene.
SUPPORTING THOSE LIVING IN DESTITUTION
As a small charity, we cannot boil the ocean. With this in mind, we only support those children who are deemed to be living in destitution.
Which, by definition, is when in a month: a child has slept rough for one of more nights; they have had fewer than two meals a day; their home has had no heating or lighting for five or more days in a month; they have inappropriate clothing or footwear, and they don’t have access to basic toiletries.
Shining a light on children’s experiences of poverty in 2025 – IN ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, SHOULD NOT EXIST.
The recent Children’s Commissioner report has echoed everything that we have been saying out loud, and seeing, for years. Children are living in ‘almost Dickensian levels of poverty’.
We urge everyone to read and share the report. As adults, we have a duty of care – and for many children, we are the only people they can rely on.
Read the full report here.
Support our mission in ending child poverty today
Email:hello@yorkshirechildrenscharity.org
