Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
The poverty crisis affecting nearly 2 million school children
dailyrecord.co.ukThe start of the school year should be an exciting time. But for many parents struggling with the cost of living crisis, it presents an extra challenge – how to afford new school uniform.Research by The Children’s Society found that 1.8 million kids are wearing ill-fitting, unclean and incorrect uniforms to school because their families don’t have money for new ones.
This can leave them feeling self-conscious, as well as making them more vulnerable to bullying and being excluded from friendship groups.With the cost of kitting out a child for a school year as much as £175, it’s no surprise that 90 per cent of parents polled say they’re worried about being able to afford it all.
Already some are having to make tough choices. Over half plan to reduce their energy use at home, while four in 10 families are cutting back on their food shop to find the extra funds needed for back-to-school items.And others are having to take even more drastic measures: more than one in 10 say they will be skipping meals and going hungry so they can ensure their child has the right school uniform.But with the cost of living crisis already biting into family budgets, even these measures might not be enough.This is why Asda is working with Buttle UK to give disadvantaged children and their families support to buy school kit via the Better Starts initiative.GEORGE AT ASDA and Buttle UK, the charity dedicated to helping children through financial hardship, are working together to provide school essentials to kids in need.
Joseph Howes, CEO of Buttle UK, says, “The cost of living crisis is impacting us all, but buying school uniform – something that should be a great equaliser for children – is creating extra stress for those on the lowest incomes.“W
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