povertyintheuk-group15

Poverty does not only occur in the less economically developed countries; poverty is also a large problem here. (statistics obtained from [|www.england.shelter.org.uk] )
 * More than one million children in Britain live in bad housing - enough to fill the cities of Edinburgh, Bath and Manchester.
 * Today, nearly 100,000 households in England will have woken up in temporary accommodation - more than twice as many as in 1997.
 * Nearly one in 10 children in England lives in overcrowded housing - enough to fill the new Wembley Stadium 10 times over.
 * Over 260,000 households in England are on waiting lists for properties with three or more bedrooms. Only about 5,000 social rented homes of this size are built each year.
 * Black and minority ethnic households are six times more likely than white households to be overcrowded.
 * More than one million homes in Britain are unfit for human habitation - and yet more than 90 per cent of these are occupied.
 * One in 12 children in Britain are more likely to develop diseases such as bronchitis, TB, or asthma, because of bad housing.
 * Homeless children living in bed and breakfast hotels are twice as likely to be admitted to A&E with burns and scalding.
 * On average, homeless children miss out on a quarter of their schooling.

There are many organisations that raise awareness and money to bring people off the street, find employment for them, and help them find efficient housing.