Our Kids In The North: the scandal of child poverty

The Northern Agenda

The Northern Agenda presents Our Kids In The North - a special series of episodes looking at what it's like to be a young person in the North of England.

Over six episodes Rob Parsons and data journalist Annie Gouk will be exploring topics like the state of Northern schools, the early years of children in our region, why there are so many young people in care in the North and the options available to pupils after they leave school.

There are 3.3 million people under the age of 18 in Northern England - and in this series we talk to articulate young people from places like Liverpool, Newcastle and Blackpool as well as the experts and political leaders who've made it their mission to improve their lives.

But with one in three children in the North living below the poverty line - and the rate much higher in some areas - you can't talk about young people without first looking at the impact child poverty is having on our region.

Rob speaks to two young people about how poverty is ruining the potential of countless lives across the region as well as a leading expert and medic at a Northern hospital which sees the effects of poverty every day.

You can see Save The Children's Potential Not Poverty video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ5YXVenQAc

Child of the North is a joint project between Health Equity North and the N8 Research Partnership offering a research and policy-based programme fighting for a fairer future for children wherever they grow up. Read more about it here: https://www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/child-of-the-north/

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