In a foodbank near Croydon, Steve is collecting a box a food. It has been a week since he last ate. Steve is one of the 42.5% of foodbank users who are forced to use a foodbank because of benefit changes or cuts. “It was on the x68 and there was accident midway through the journey” he says. “It wasn’t my fault that i was late to the appointement but they changed my benefits anyways. Now Steve is struggling with food and wonders how he will eat next week.

Now that Steves benefits has changed it has affected his two children. Now his children are a part of two of the 63% of children living in poverty who are in a family where someone works. It will affect his children because of their education and their health, Steve’s children who are entitled to free school meals, most of whom do not achieve above C. Now that Steve and his two children are in poverty because of benefits changes, his children are now at risk of suffering severe chronic illness or to have a disability whilst they grow up, this is shown in studies about children living in poverty and them suffering under these circumstance. (One of Steves children is a 1 year old boy and the other one is a 2 year old girl).