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Women and homelessness, Louise Hare, Children, fake news and anxiety

Coronavirus: Women and homelessness. How can children learn to spot useful fact from dangerous fiction online?

More money has been made available across the UK to help rough sleepers during the Covid-19 pandemic. But is enough being done to help the thousands of women and children who are in temporary accommodation? What鈥檚 being done to protect the thousands of 鈥渉idden homeless鈥 who find themselves in B&B鈥檚. Jenni speaks to Tina who is 鈥渟ofa-surfing鈥 with her 5 year old daughter, and to Polly Neate, CEO of Shelter and Lindsay Cordery-Bruce, CEO of The Wallich, a homelessness charity in Wales about the particular difficulties women find themselves in.

Set in 1950s London, Louise Hare talks about her debut novel, This Lovely City about the Windrush generation.

How can parents help their children navigate the constant stream of information about Covid-19 online? And how can children learn to spot useful fact from dangerous fiction? Sonia Livingstone is a professor of social psychology at the London School of Economics and an expert in digital literacy in children, and Dr Radha Modgil is a GP who discusses how to reduce anxiety and keep trust alive in an era of non-expert influencers and fake news.

Presenter; Jenni Murray
Producer: Dianne McGregor

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  • Wed 25 Mar 2020 10:00

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