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What poverty means, is young people who are …doing very well in school,..leave at 16 because the family needs the wages.
Participant at Poverty Hearing
Child Poverty and Education, End Child Poverty 2007
Participant at Poverty Hearing
Child Poverty and Education, End Child Poverty 2007
Campaign Director
Campaign Director
Samantha is the Director of End Child Poverty; she joined ECP at the beginning of July 2009.
Samantha was the CEO of the Camelot Foundation, the charitable foundation of Camelot, the licence holder for the national lottery. At Camelot Samantha was responsible for million pound programmes of grant giving which were funded projects for marginalised young people in the UK. Samantha oversaw the high impact of the self harm inquiry in partnership with the Mental Health Foundation.
Samantha has worked for a range of organisations including DCMS, the Arts Council, RSPB and Groundwork.