Breadline Kids
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Synopsis
A compassionate and moving portrait of life for the kids on Britain's breadline from BAFTA award winning director, Jezza Neumann.

In 2013 over 300,000 children in the UK were given food aid and while the politicians argue about why so many kids are experiencing food poverty, we ask the children themselves to tell us why they think the cupboards are bare.



We'll visit Cara who is 9 and lives with her gran in West London; Rosie who is 8 and lives in Hull with her mum and sister and finally Niomi, 14 who lives in Suffolk with her brother and dad. Through there eyes, and in their words, we find out what it is like when there's just not enough food on the table; when choices have to be made to heat or to eat; when loan companies hear you are struggling and start bombarding you with texts; and when sudden illness means that a normal life vanishes overnight.



Over 23 million free meals were provided to families in need last year and many medical experts have spoken out, directing their frustrations at David Cameron stating "many families are not earning enough money to meet their most basic nutritional needs to maintain a healthy diet."



In the British Medical Journal, experts have highlights that the number of malnutrition cases in England has almost doubled in 5 years. They said "This has all the signs of a public health emergency that could go unrecognised until it is too late."



Duration
1 x 60'
Definition
HD
Genre
Factual
Subgenre
Current Affairs
Producer
TRUE VISION PRODUCTIONS LTD