https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/tags/workingfamilies/Recent content in workingfamilies on Birmingham DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usTue, 05 May 2026 04:45:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/headteacher-reveals-heartbreaking-reality-of-child-poverty-in-birmingham/Tue, 05 May 2026 04:45:00 +0000https://birminghamdaily.co.uk/headteacher-reveals-heartbreaking-reality-of-child-poverty-in-birmingham/Tania Yasmin, executive headteacher at Greet Primary School in Sparkhill, Birmingham, has revealed some of the most distressing examples of child poverty she has witnessed throughout her 30-year career. Speaking with BirminghamLive, Tania described her shock at the minimal contents of some children’s packed lunches. “One of the most consistently shocking things is opening the lunchboxes of children who bring packed lunches and seeing how little they actually contain,” she said.