Poverty trap

Published: 9 June, 2011

• IT is a sobering thought that more than one in three children in Camden are growing up in poverty. 

Too many are living without the basics that many of us take for granted, clean clothes, a bed of their own and books to read at bedtime.

Worryingly, a new report by The Prince’s Trust reveals that there is nothing short of an aspiration chasm between the region’s richest and poorest young people, with those from deprived homes feeling it will be impossible for them to achieve their goals.

We simply cannot ignore this inequality. If we fail to support our most vulnerable young people now, Camden could end up with a youth underclass who feel they have no future. Visit www.princes-trust.org.uk

NATALIE ROSS
Prince’s Trust London & South East Acting Regional Director