The total raised by the Evening Standard’s Winter Survival Appeal in partnership with Comic Relief has swelled to £2.4 million, thanks to a final week surge in public donations to £200,000 — with £1,250,000 already given out in grants to charities helping the most vulnerable people struggling with the cost of living in London and across the country.
With one million children in extreme poverty and at severe risk of being inadequately fed, clothed or kept warm this winter, the funds raised have been hailed by struggling charities and parents as a lifesaver, providing food and essentials to families in crisis.
