It’s not OK for Christians to have more than we need when 4 million children live in poverty
Read what Natalie Williams has to say about the Childrens Commissioner's recent report into the experience of poverty for children in the UK - written for Premier Christianity Magazine online.
"Some young people in England are living in an “almost-Dickensian level of poverty” according to the latest report from the children’s commissioner. It should break our hearts, just as it breaks God’s, says Natalie Williams
Rats in the kitchen, bathrooms shared with strangers, someone else’s leftover food that has gone mouldy – when the Children’s Commissioner compares child poverty in England to the Victorian era, she is not using hyperbole.
Dickens wrote: “Many thousands are in want of common necessities.” That could just as easily be a comment on England in 2025, except the number is far too low – the latest official figure says 4.45m children live in poverty in the UK, and one million are destitute.
How shocked were you by the report? If I’m honest, I wasn’t really shocked at all. In my role at Jubilee+, we are well aware of the deepening crisis that churches across the country are trying to meet in their local communities. I’m also not shocked because I’ve become used to the statistics, and the stories behind them. "
Source: Premier Christianity Magazine | Read the full article here | Photo Credit: Jonathan Sanchez
