On the breadline

● Support our Christmas appeal to help tackle cost of living crisis ● Comic Relief hands our campaign £1m – and you can help too

The Independent has launched a Christmas appeal to support those most affected by the cost of living crisis. We have partnered with Comic Relief, which has kicked off our On The Breadline initiative with a £1m pledge of grants to charities and organisations helping to support the most disadvantaged across the UK. We are appealing to corporations, charitable foundations, philanthropists and readers to donate generously so that we can double this sum and make additional grant allocations in the new year. More than 14.5 million people live in poverty in the UK, including 4.3 million children – nearly one in three, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. For many, this festive season threatens to bring both fuel poverty and hunger.