End Child Poverty coalition was set up in 2001 by a group of UK children's charities, social justice groups, faith-groups, trade unions and others concerned about what they considered the unacceptably high levels of child poverty in the UK.
It was established as a charity in 2003 with a single goal - to eradicate child poverty in the United Kingdom.
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Famous quotes containing the words child and/or poverty:
“Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed,
Murmured like a noontide bee,
Shall I nestle near thy side?
Wouldst thou me?—And I replied,
No, not thee!”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
““It’s a wery remarkable circumstance, sir”, said Sam, “that poverty and oysters seems to go together.””
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)