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Monaco_Totty
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Just add that Coronavirus has exacerbated whole family’s mental health to the point that many are about to break up. Stress, anxiety and strain in terms of finances have broken such families and created so many other issues.
Poverty in the Pandemic is one such issue in that family life has been turned upside down by coronavirus. Sudden loss of earnings, additional caring responsibilities in the face of school and nursery closures, caring for elderly relatives, increased costs and home schooling were just some of the challenges facing families during the peak of the crisis.
There is no doubt that coping with these challenges is a lot easier if you have money and access to other resources so says a report by Child Poverty Action Group research team - a research report undertaken in Leeds 11,the community surrounding Elland Road.I suspect all on here to a degree knows folks in similar a dilemma wherever we live.
As a result of the pandemic, nearly six in 10 families in Leeds 11 said they are struggling to cover the cost of three or more basic essentials, including food, utilities, rent, travel or child-related costs – and around half the families said they now have a new or worse debt problem. Today there is no indication that people’s financial problems have eased in recent months sadly.
