This section outlines the work that Children in Wales does in relation to Child Poverty. Children in Wales co-ordinates the End Child Poverty Network Cymru.

Enquiries concerning this work should be directed to:

Sean O'Neill
Policy Director
Children in Wales
25 Windsor Place
Cardiff CF10 3BZ
Tel 029 2034 2434,

Child Poverty and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Children in Wales' work relates closely to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The work on Child Poverty relates to Articles 26 and 27 of the UN Convention . These Articles can be viewed in the UN Convention section of this site: Article 26, Article 27.

Visit the End Child Poverty Network Cymru website

NGO Manifesto for the May 2007 National Assembly Elections

A group of children's voluntary organisations have produced a manifesto of which the poverty section can be downloaded here.

End Child Poverty Campaign

Children in Wales is a member of the Campaign to End Child Poverty, a coalition of organisations from the voluntary, private and public sectors campaigning to ensure that the goal of eradicating child poverty becomes a reality. Visit the End Child Poverty website to find out more: www.endchildpoverty.org.uk

Make Child Benefit Count

The ‘Make Child Benefit Count’ campaign, launched by the Child Poverty Action Group, calls on the Government to increase child benefit and ensure that younger children get the same rate as the oldest child. Visit the campaign's website to find out more: http://www.makechildbenefitcount.org/