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‘‘ QUOTES FROM THE MEDIA PUPILS ‘GOING HUNGRY’ AS SCHOOL COSTS HIT POOREST CHILDREN HARDEST Children and young people are ‘going hungry’ at school, according to the children’s commissioner [for Wales]. Professor Sally Holland says children’s basic needs aren’t being met, with families struggling to afford school uniform, equipment and sanitary products. School day costs are the most common financial concerns raised by parents and young people – these included the cost of equipment, school dinners, school trips, and other one-off costs like school photos and fancy dress events. The report by the commissioner reveals children are left with a poorer quality of life and unable to socialise because of it. She is calling on the Welsh government to publish a new Child Poverty Delivery Plan setting out how financial hardship faced by families will be addressed. ITV News Wales

‘LORD, GRACIOUSLY HEAT US,’ AND OTHER SERVICESHEET BLUNDERS

A marriage service at which the congregation were asked to pray for delivery from email, a leader who asked for Christ to ‘destroy all the woks of the Evil One’ and an invitation for a meeting that would ‘be gin with prayer’ are some of the errors that have graced printed orders of service around the country. A top-ten list of some of the mistakes on service sheets and booklets has been compiled by the website ShipofFools.com… Misprints in which just one wrong letter changes the whole meaning bestrew the top ten, including the response ‘Lord, graciously heat us’ in a service booklet at St Paul’s Cathedral… At one church the decision was taken to shred 400 leaflets for an Easter Day service when the printed version of a hymn invited the congregation to sing ‘I know that my Redeemer lies’. Church Times

LENTEN APPEAL FOCUSES ON FOOD POVERTY

The Archbishop of Westminster has launched a Lenten Appeal focused on food poverty and is backing a three-year project combining direct food relief, advocacy and building resilience. During a visit to Borehamwood food bank at St Teresa of the Child Jesus Church… Cardinal Vincent Nichols said that Caritas Westminster, with the support of his Lenten Appeal, will work with communities and organisations to address poverty. Of about 230 parishes within the Westminster diocese, 24 are directly supporting a food bank. A further 56 parishes are helping other food banks… Cardinal Nichols… said: ‘We are looking to combat food hunger, to create deeper resilience and to have advocacy, so there is a voice for those who find it difficult to raise their own voice.’ The Tablet

The Salvation Army is backing a campaign to allow asylum seekers to work. As part of the Lift the Ban coalition of businesses, charities, trade unions and faith groups, the church is calling on the home secretary to restore the right to work to people seeking asylum in the UK. At the moment asylum seekers are not allowed to work while their applications are being considered. The Lift the Ban coalition though, says annual government immigration statistics show that the number of people waiting more than six months for a decision on their asylum claim has risen to record levels. It says this means people are not able to work for long periods meaning they are forced to live in poverty, often for many years. Major Nick Coke, national refugee response co-ordinator and church leader at The Salvation Army told Premier: ‘We believe that people who have risked everything to find safety should have the best chance of contributing to society and integrating into communities, as well as having the opportunity to better support their families.’ Premier SALVATION ARMY BACKS CALL FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS’ RIGHT TO WORK

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