Sarah Ruscoe, a single mum out of work due to health issues, worried her daughter’s bed would collapse at night.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation says Scotland is on course to miss legally-binding poverty targets "by a wide margin".
The Hampshire group says it has seen a rise in demand and it needs more volunteer bakers.
The founder of Leeds Baby Bank says the charity has seen a "massive" increase in referrals recently.
A children's charity says there are 2,500 young people in Yorkshire living in 'destitution'.
City leaders are to put £1.1m into supporting Citizens Advice Liverpool's work against child poverty.
Dodford Children's Farm is one of hundreds of venues in England taking part in Heritage Open Days.
Existing boards could be merged so there would be one for the west and another for the east of Scotland.
The authority will consider who should deliver the holiday activity and meal scheme going forward.
