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Giving children in crisis a chance for change. Follow for campaigning for change and to learn more about our work. Profile monitored 9am-5pm Monday-Friday.

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · May 16

We've finally decided to stop lurking and say hello! Buttle UK is a #UKCharity that supports children & young people who face poverty & crisis situations.

Founded back in 1953, we give grants to support families for everyday necessities that we would expect any child growing up in the UK to have.

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 1d

Kinship Care Week (6-12 Oct) celebrates kinship families in England & Wales. Let's honor kinship carers providing loving homes to 141,000+ kids! Raise a teacup! Get involved: https://kinship.org.uk/get-involved/kinship-care-week/ #KinshipCareWeek

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 5d

📰We really loved reading this piece from the perspective of the party conference from a parent on a low income. Read more from Changing Realities here: labourlist.org/2025/09/chil...

'Bringing emotion and reality to the debate on child poverty.': one conference attendee's experience - LabourList

Jonny Roberts has come to conference to share his experience of being a single dad - and call for Labour to take bold action on child poverty.

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 5d

📰 ITV News looked at teachers reporting that children 'using coats as duvets' as poverty crisis grows. Watch here: www.itv.com/watch/news/children-using-coats-as-duvets-as-poverty-crisis-grows/pxrf5ly

www.itv.com

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 5d

📰It weas great to see our friends from the @endchildpoverty.bsky.social, @savechildrenuk.bsky.social & @unicef.org billboards calling to end the two child benefit cap this week

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 5d

📰No promises, but it looks like Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget. Read more here: www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/30/rachel-reeves-lift-two-child-benefit-cap-november-budget

Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget

Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year

www.theguardian.com

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Friday!
The Labour Party Conference is over and it’s been another really full news week. Here’s what we’ve been talking about this week:

Rachel Reeves to lift two-child benefit cap in November budget

Exclusive: Officials exploring options to change rule that affected 1.7 million children in Great Britain last year

www.theguardian.com

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 8d

💜 In 2024–25, we paid boarding school fees for 59 children and young people.

Boarding placements give children from disruptive home environments the safety, care and opportunity they need to thrive.

📖 Learn more: https://buttleuk.org/our-impact-in-24-25/

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 9d

Sometimes important messages need big spaces. All the evidence shows that scrapping the two-child limit is the most efficient, cost-effective way to tackle rising child poverty rates.

Billboard by @savechildrenuk.bsky.social

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 12d

When living at home became impossible, Louise had to make it on her own and became estranged from her family.

With her Chances for Children grant, she bought a sewing machine and now creates beautiful fashion pieces, which she'd always dreamed of!

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 26d

🗞️New research from @sheltercharity.bsky.social reveals single-parent families are almost four times more likely to be homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness in England. Read more here shorturl.at/lOcpF

Watch their powerful campaign video here youtu.be/DUnsF1lxiIM

Single-parent families are almost four times more likely to be homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness in England, new Shelter research reveals - Shelter England

Single-parent families are almost four times more likely to be homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness - Shelter England

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 26d

🗞️A new report from @jrf-uk.bsky.social shows a vision of the living standards that everyone in the UK should be able to meet. Read more here www.jrf.org.uk/a-minimum-income-standard-for-the-united-kingdom-in-2025

A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2025

The Minimum Income Standard (MIS) provides a vision of the living standards that we, as a society, agree everyone in the UK should be able to meet. This report from the Centre for Research in Social P...

www.jrf.org.uk

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 26d

🗞️ @resfoundation.bsky.social found that the cost of living crisis sees household energy debt triple in 10 years. Read more here www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Cos of living crisis sees household energy debt triple in 10 years

More than 1 million customers are falling behind on their electricity bills with no repayment plan in place

www.independent.co.uk

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 26d

🗞️A survey from @trusselluk.bsky.social has found that a third of children under five are living in UK homes where there is not enough access to healthy and nutritious food. Read more shorturl.at/SorNS

Rise in number of people in the UK facing hunger, says charity

More than 14.1 million people experienced food insecurity last year, warns the Trussell Trust.

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 26d

🗞️The SNP is set to force a vote on scrapping the two-child benefit cap. Read more here news.stv.tv/politics/snp...

SNP to force Commons vote on scrapping two-child benefit cap

Labour has faced consistent calls to scrap the limit since the party came to power last year.

news.stv.tv

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · 26d

Happy Friday! Let’s wrap up the week and get to the long awaiting weekend with the Buttle Briefing. We’re covering everything we’ve been talking about this week on news affecting children in the UK ⬇️

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗞️ Labour is STILL refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Read this great piece by @thecanaryuk.bsky.social : www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/09/04/labour-two-child-benefit-cap-news/

Labour is STILL refusing to scrap the two-child benefit cap

Another damning report on the two-child benefit cap has just been released - yet the government's response is to not even acknowledge it

www.thecanary.co

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗞️Young people will be able to access £1 single tickets for buses across Wales as part of a pilot scheme around cheaper fares. Read more here: shorturl.at/2sEr6

Young people to get £1 bus fares across Wales

From 1 September, single fares will cost £1 and a full day pass will cost £3 for those aged 16 to 21.

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗞️ New research from @cpaguk.bsky.social shows that children from low-income families are being "bounced out of some subjects" at school due to prohibitive costs, a charity has warned. Read more here: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gcse-cost-music-child-poverty-action-group-b2817618.html

Warning poorer pupils are ‘bounced out of GCSE subjects’ by costs

More than a quarter of FSM students (27%) said it is difficult for them to afford musical instruments or music lessons

www.independent.co.uk

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

🗞️ New briefing on Ensuring the Child Poverty Strategy delivers for all children by Gingerbread, @cpaguk.bsky.social, @runnymedetrust.bsky.social, The Baby Bank Alliance & others: www.gingerbread.org.uk/our-work/news-and-views/ensuring-the-child-poverty-strategy-delivers-for-all-children/

Ensuring the Child Poverty Strategy delivers for all children | Gingerbread

www.gingerbread.org.uk

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Sep 5

Happy Friday everyone!
It’s been a busy week, and it was tough to narrow down everything that’s happened. Let’s close the week recapping everything that’s caught our attention this week 👇

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · Sep 4

“We're seeing more people trapped in severe and sustained poverty, turning to food banks because they have nowhere else to go" @helenbarnard.bsky.social

📝 The cross-party Poverty Strategy Commission report is out today. It would lift 4.2 million people out of poverty. 1/2

Scrap two-child benefit cap to help lift 4m people out of poverty, government urged

Exclusive: Cross-party Poverty Strategy Commission says abolishing limit would be part of its ‘once in a generation’ plan

www.theguardian.com

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Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Aug 29

🗞️Researchers have found adults with adverse childhood experiences are significantly more likely to live with severe pain, depression and anxiety when they reach 50 years old. Read more here healthandcare.scot/stories/4261...

Childhood adversity health impacts felt at 50 revealed

Aberdeen researchers tracking the mental and physical health challenges faced later in life by those who experienced potentially traumatic events in childhood say interventions are needed to prevent i...

healthandcare.scot

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Aug 29

🗞️ Thousands more pupils in Scotland receive free school meals this academic year as scheme expanded. Read more news.stv.tv/scotland/tho...

Thousands more pupils receive free school meals as scheme expanded

Students whose parents or carers receive the Scottish Child Payment will get a free school lunch as part of the pilot.

news.stv.tv

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Aug 29

🗞️ Families in poverty are about to be pushed even further as Ofgem is increasing the energy price gap. The 2% increase on the current level will see the average bill rise by £35 per year. www.scottishhousingnews.com/articles/struggling-households-dealt-further-blow-as-ofgem-price-cap-rises-2

Struggling households ‘dealt further blow’ as Ofgem price cap rises 2%

A tough winter is in store for thousands of Scottish households after Ofgem confirmed that the energy price cap is due to rise again in October, Scottish charities have warned.

www.scottishhousingnews.com

Buttle UK @buttleuk.bsky.social · Aug 29

🗞️ News research from the Hygiene Bank finds children missing school over dirty uniforms amid growing hygiene poverty crisis. Read more www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/school-children-uniforms-hygiene-poverty-b2812377.html

Children missing school over dirty uniforms amid growing hygiene poverty crisis

Pupils are estimated to miss an average of 6.5 school days per year, amounting to an overall total of 23m days of learning lost