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The Standard View: Ukraine stands on the front line of the right to self-determination – we must continue to support it

As Christmas approaches, we have one simple message: thank you. Our campaign, On the Breadline, in partnership with Comic Relief and The Childhood Trust, has hit a remarkable £3.7 million — the most we have ever raised in a single month.

Evening Standard

‘School for adulting’ gives young people essential furniture and ‘lifts weight off their shoulders’

The Bardsley Youth Project is just one of the organisations that will be eligible for funding as part of our On the Breadline Christmas Appeal in partnership with Comic Relief

The Independent UK

Evgeny Lebedev thanks readers as Christmas appeal raises £3.7m

Evgeny Lebedev thanks readers and donors for their help raising the most money for a campaign in a month in our history

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On The Breadline: ‘This place feels like a safehouse, I can be myself and just feel the warmth’

As we reveal our appeal total of £3.7million, a final report from one of the projects where your money will make a vital impact

Evening Standard

On The Breadline: Your appeal donation could save a life, says poet Lemn Sissay

London’s 2012 Olympic poet Lemn Sissay and broadcaster Nick Grimshaw are the latest big names to back the Evening Standard’s Christmas Appeal, calling on the public to donate at this time of emergency because “what you give could save lives”.

Evening Standard

Lemn Sissay and Nick Grimshaw back our appeal as Amazon delivers winter warmer packs

On the Breadline: ‘This campaign will provide a lifeline to those who need it the most,’ Nick Grimshaw says

The Independent UK

On The Breadline: Generosity of readers swells our appeal by £100,000 in four weeks

Donations take our total raised to more than £3.6 million

Evening Standard

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How even small donations to our Christmas campaign can change lives

On the Breadline: Some Londoners asking how they can survive the winter, drop-in club says

The Independent UK

Readers’ donations boosts our Christmas cost of living appeal to over £3.6m

On the Breadline: Our Christmas campaign hits £3.6m with just a few days of our campaign to go

The Independent UK

Girl, 7, who eats so little ‘you can see her ribcage’ among children needing help in cost of living crisis

On the Breadline: Families are worried about having enough food to go around and have started using food banks in the cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

The Independent’s Christmas appeal hits £3.5m as Rita Ora calls on people to donate

On the Breadline: Rita Ora calls on people to ‘get behind’ our Christmas campaign

The Independent UK

The charity helping ‘extremely isolated’ pensioners whose mood is low and anxiety high

On The Breadline: ‘Their clothes look looser each time I see them,’ charity tells Maryam Zakir-Hussain

The Independent UK

On the Breadline appeal hits £3.5million as Rita Ora gives backing

New milestone reached as Rausings make huge donation and singer calls on people to ‘get behind’ campaign

Evening Standard

‘I tried to hold down the fort but it crumbled’: Single mother in debt pushed to brink by bills crisis

On the Breadline: ‘All I wanted was for the debt to disappear,’ single mother of two says

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Girl, 7, who eats so little ‘you can see her ribcage’ among children needing help in cost crisis

On the Breadline: Families are worried about having enough food to go around and have started using food banks in the cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Charity helping struggling parents: ‘We arrived to find the mother in a trance, having not slept for days’

On the Breadline: ‘The lowest point of my life was when a cockroach fell onto my baby daughter,’ single mother tells Anna Davis

Evening Standard

On The Breadline: Simon Pegg and Adam Hills join our appeal to help families struggling this Christmas

The £3.3 million raised so far will go to organisations in London and across the country working to help people on the breadline cope with the cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Simon Pegg and Adam Hills back our £3.3m cost of living appeal

On the Breadline: ‘Things are looking harder than ever for so many people,’ says Hot Fuzz actor

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The Independent UK

‘We’re going back to Victorian times - I only eat tinned sardines and cold beans’

On the Breadline: ‘Covid was nothing compared to this,’ 63-year-old on benefits tells Thomas Kingsley

The Independent UK

Our Christmas appeal hits £3.3m as Andy Murray calls on people to ‘make a difference’

On The Breadline: ‘It has never been more vital for us to come together and make a difference,’ Wimbledon champion says

The Independent UK

‘Can I put food on the table today?’ Struggling Britons agonise over rising costs ‘all the time’

On the Breadline: People regularly having to choose between heating and eating, Tottenham Food Hub tells Josh Salisbury

Evening Standard

On The Breadline: Help make a difference, says Andy Murray as our Christmas appeal hits £3.3m

Two-time Wimbledon champion says: ‘It has never been more vital for us to come together and make a difference’

Evening Standard

On the Breadline: Thank You! Five-figure gifts boost our appeal past £3.2 million mark

On the final day of our partnership with The Childhood Trust, we can announce that this alliance has raised £1.2 million

The Independent UK

‘Kids can’t play on an empty stomach’: The football charity helping disadvantaged Londoners

On the Breadline: Bloomsbury Football works with around 5,000 children a week across London, Josh Salisburyreports

The Independent UK

The Independent’s Christmas appeal hits £3.2m to help families on the breadline

On the Breadline: Our campaign has surpassed the goal of raising £1m with The Childhood Trust

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