Based on a survey of 669 people working on the frontline with families, who estimate their services reach 36,000 children between them, the report warns that Covid-19 has resulted in a generation of children in trauma and experiencing mental health issues which need to be addressed before Government catch-up education strategies will work.
Buttle UK, a charity that provides financial grants to children living in poverty, carried out the survey between 22 June and 15 July.
The charity is calling on the Government to recognise what they are calling a ‘second pandemic’ and put in place a ‘clear’ mental health strategy before anything else.
It found that compared with results from the same survey a year ago, 10 per cent more support workers (61 per cent) reported mental health problems as a key difficulty the children they work with are facing.
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