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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robyn Vinter

‘We just go to the park’: making the most of Easter in a child-poverty hotspot

Mohammed Yusuf, six, and his sister Amma Sajid, five, in Lister park Bradford.
Mohammed Yusuf, six, and his sister Amma Sajid, five, in Lister park, Bradford. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer

While some British children will be going on holiday, playing with ­high-end games consoles or ­spending a week at a holiday club, for many ­children the Easter break is ­somewhat different.

Manningham in Bradford has the second highest rate of child poverty in the UK, with nearly three-­quarters, 72%, of children living below the ­poverty line, according to the latest data from the Department for Work and Pensions, released earlier this month. This compares with a national average of 22%.

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