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Child Poverty and Housing, End Child Poverty 2007

High Profile Supporters

Many celebrities have offered their support to the Keep the Promise rally, including actor and TV presenter Chris Parker, who will be hosting the event and also Sophie Ellis Bextor who joined us on October 4th at the biggest ever event to end child poverty!

Chris Parker
“I was saddened and shocked when I heard that one in three children in THIS country live in poverty, to put it into context we are the fifth richest country in the world!!! We all need to send a clear message to the Government that child poverty in the UK is simply unacceptable. In 1997, the Government made a bold promise to halve child poverty by 2010 and now it’s up to all of us to make sure they keep that promise. Please, please, please show your support by joining me in Trafalgar Square on 4 October, we are not asking for your money just your voice!”

Sophie Ellis Bextor

“3.9 million children in the UK are living in poverty. As a mother, I find this a doubly heartbreaking fact. Every day children face the stigma of not being able to have things that most of us take for granted, such as decent healthy meals, family days out or a place to do their homework.

“What many people don’t realise is that poverty isn’t about not having money for possessions such as the latest trainers or mobile phone, it’s about being far below the normal standard of living. It’s shameful to think that’s the legacy the fifth richest country offers to our future generations.”

Denise Van Outen
“The UK has one of the worst records on child poverty in Europe, despite us being the fifth wealthiest country in the world. It is beyond comprehension that as a society we can sit back and watch as this problem continues to grow. We can all do something about it. Join the Campaign to End Child Poverty on the 4th October and send a clear message to the Government to keep its promise to halve child poverty by 2010.”

Enzo Maccaranelli supporting Keep the Promise Enzo Maccaranelli

“As a father of four and an NSPCC supporter, I am backing the Campaign to End Child Poverty because I believe that no child of our time should be living in sub-standard housing or going hungry. It is high time that we took action and hold the Government to its promise to end child poverty.”

Tim Campbell
"As a Londoner and an NSPCC supporter, I find it unacceptable that 650,000 children live in poverty in the city. I find it hard to understand when you consider that our capital is the sixth richest city in the world. The Government made a bold promise to halve child poverty by 2010 but this will need bold action. Join the End Child Poverty on October 4th and show the Government you will not accept child poverty in the UK.”

Konnie Huq
"I've travelled to places in the world where I've seen first hand the effects poverty has on the lives of children. It's shocking. It's also terrible that there are so many children in the UK, the fifth richest nation in the world, living in poverty.

Laverne Antrobus
"It is a travesty that so many children in the UK are living in poverty today. If the Government doesn't keep its promise of halving
child poverty by 2010, then millions of children face a bleak future,
with limited opportunities to get out of the poverty cycle.

Children need to be able to put down roots, and have the basic things
that many of us take for granted, including a permanent home. That's why I'm supporting Shelter and their involvement in the Campaign to End Child Poverty. This is something we must not allow to continue. It's vital that everyone gets behind this Campaign and we put an end to this awful injustice."

Neil Fox

“As a Londoner and a father of three small children, I find it obscene that 650,000, that’s four in ten children, live in poverty in the city that is the fifth richest in the world! The Government made a bold promise to halve child poverty by 2010 and now it’s up to all of us to make sure they take bold action. I am supporting the Campaign to End Child Poverty to ensure that the Government keeps its vital promise.”

Zoe Salmon
“I am supporting the Campaign to End Child Poverty because I am appalled by the number of children living in poverty in this country. It is hard to believe that 3.9 million children are living in poverty in the fifth richest country in the world! Please help make a difference by joining the rally on 4 October and by signing the online pledge at www.endchildpoverty.org.uk ”

Nicholas Hoult
“In the year 2008, it is unacceptable that 1 in 3 children live in poverty in the UK. Living in poverty doesn’t mean they simply can’t afford the latest trainers or a new iPod. They live without the basics, proper meals, a decent home and essential items of clothing.. Please show your support by signing the online petition at www.endchildpoverty.org.uk or joining the rally on Saturday”

Dr Tanya Byron
“Poverty is damaging our children, physically, emotionally and psychologically. Babies are being born underweight, dying of chronic illness in infancy and going without food, shelter or basic clothing. This shouldn’t be a normal part of life in the UK, afterall we are the fifth richest nation in the world!, but sadly this is the reality for 1 in 3 children in the UK today. Please get behind the Campaign to End Child Poverty and help us improve the lives of vulnerable children.”

Angellica Bell
“I am supporting the Campaign to End Child Poverty to ensure that the Government keeps its vital promise to halve child poverty by 2010 and end it completely by 2020. It is not acceptable that one in three children lives in poverty in this country. Please sign the online pledge, which will be sent to the Prime Minister telling him that child poverty is not acceptable.”

Soccer AM's Max Rushden Max Rushden
"Where i live 1 in 2 kids are born into poverty. When i found that out i couldn't believe it - and i ran the London Marathon in support of End Child Poverty in 2006. It's a tough aim to halve child poverty by 2010 as the Government has promised - but it's a promise worth keeping. We need to have equality of opportunity for our children, and raising them out of poverty is the first step in achieving this."

Floella Benjamin
“Poverty is damaging our precious children's lives. Children born in to disadvantaged families are typically 200g underweight and twice as likely to suffer chronic illnesses in infancy. I’m urging everyone to show their support for the Campaign to End Child Poverty and attend the Keep the Promise rally on the 4th October.”

The Chuckle Brothers
“Now is the time to show your support to end child poverty.
It makes no sense that in the 21st Century children suffer the consequences of poverty – ill health, poor education and limited life chances. It’s not fair, civilised or acceptable in our society!”

Claudia Winkleman
“It is a scandal that 1 in 3 children are living in poverty in the UK today. This shouldn’t be a fact that we accept in the 21st Century. Together, everyone can make a difference by supporting the Campaign to End Child Poverty and hold the Government to its promise of halving child poverty by 2010.”