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Sophie Ellis Bextor rallies round to end child poverty - 29th of Sep, 2008
The Children’s Society’s celebrity campaigner Sophie Ellis Bextor will be among thousands of supporters rallying to end child poverty in London’s Trafalgar Square, on Saturday.
The star is attending the largest ever rally of its kind, in aid of the Campaign to End Child Poverty, which is calling on Gordon Brown’s Government to keep its promise of halving child poverty by 2010 and ending it by 2020.
Sophie said:
“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.”
Anyone can follow Sophie’s example and take part in the End Child Poverty ‘Keep the Promise’ rally.
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