I recently came across these amazing animated videos and have been stunned about both the quality and content of them.

Created by the BBC for Newsround (the kids news programme), the series of five tells the stories of real children living in poverty and difficult circumstances in the UK. Watching them brought back many memories of visiting families during my time at The WIRE.

These could be a great resource for talking with young people about poverty. It can be very easy to focus on global poverty and overlook the issues here at home. Watch the first video below and then go to the Newsround website to see the others.

ht to Si Parkin