Can you help Scotland’s children living in poverty?

dailyrecord.co.uk:

This morning, like every morning, one in four children in Scotland will have woken up in poverty. And that figure is even higher in the poorest postcode areas, where Aberlour children’s charity has warned that half of all young people are growing up in families struggling to stay afloat.

The charity, which delivers frontline support to disadvantaged children and their families across Scotland, has called for emergency political action.

But it is also urgently asking Scots to help ease suffering this winter, with every pound donated going directly to families in crisis.Poverty is blighting the lives of young people in Scotland today and sabotaging their futures tomorrow.

And as Aberlour launches its winter fundraising campaign, it has warned that the crisis is only getting worse.Hundreds of thousands of children in Scotland’s villages, towns and cities are struggling under the savage impact of financial hardship.Michelle is just one of the thousands of parents who apply to Aberlour's Urgent Assistance Fund every year seeking emergency help. "Winter is coming and my children are exhausted and freezing.