Each year, Children in Wales, in partnership with the End Child Poverty Network Cymru (ECPN), conduct the Child and Family Poverty Surveys.
The findings from these surveys help us to identify and understand more about the current issues and impact poverty has on babies, children, young people and families in Wales. Your experiences and views will help us identify and share this information widely.
Your voices really do make a difference. For example, the findings from our last survey, published in 2025, were widely disseminated, engaging local and national policymakers, including Welsh Government officials and Ministers. They have informed the current Child Poverty Strategy, supported new and existing projects, influenced policy and practice across sectors including health, education and family support. Previous years’ reports have also been used by Public Health Wales and have informed the Child Poverty Strategy.
Whatever your role or sector, your experiences and views are greatly valued and important to us. Whether you’re a practitioner, educator, policy maker or manager, if your role includes a remit for children, young people and families, then we want to hear from you.
Please take 15 minutes to complete the survey.
We have 3 surveys: 1 for practitioners and professionals, 1 for young people (12 – 25 years) and one for children (7 – 11 years).
Survey for Practitioners and Professionals
Survey for Young People
Survey for Children
All surveys will close on 22 October 2026.
We are looking for as much engagement as possible and would appreciate your help in distributing the surveys to your colleagues, networks and, where possible, to children and young people as it is crucial that we also hear from them directly.
We will publish and share the findings in Spring 2027, followed by a webinar to summarise them.
Our aim is that the findings will again help to shape and inform policy and practice in Wales.
Thank you for your support.