Poverty
We believe the Welsh Government should:
- Provide clear and strong leadership on tackling child poverty to ensure all children in Wales are able to reach their full potential, by engaging with the UK Government, public bodies in Wales and with all sectors including employers
- Put in place and monitor a specific child poverty delivery plan with ambitious milestones and targets, to drive the implementation of national strategy, which promotes evidenced programmes and services to ensure that no child is disadvantaged in realising their rights under the UNCRC because of family income
- Ensure that tackling child poverty remains a priority within new arrangements under the Wellbeing of Future Generations (Wales) Act and that clear accountability measures are in place
Figures published in 2016 show that 29% of children in Wales are living in poverty. Children are said to be living in poverty if they live in families with an income below 60% of the median income. Poverty can have a devastating affect on a child’s life, with children feeling hungry and cold, and less able to join in activities that their peers do. It is associated with lower academic attainment and poorer health outcomes and employment prospects.
Children in Wales has been working to reduce the levels of child poverty and mitigate the impact on children, young people and their families. Our work in this area includes:
- Managing and co-ordinating the End Child Poverty Network Cymru
- Proactively engaging with Welsh Government Ministers, officials and Assembly members in the development and delivery of legislation and policies relating to child poverty
- Organising National and regional child poverty events
- Carrying out annual survey on child poverty in Wales
- Representing Wales on the UK Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission
- Lobbying the UK Government around non-devolved matters, including welfare reform.
- Proactively work with our member organisations through our forums and networks
- Engage with the work programmes of other working groups and forums which focus on the wider poverty agenda or specific policy issues
- Engage with and lobby local partners to help ensure that policies and programmes are in place locally which tackle child poverty
- Engage on the issues relating to child poverty at a European level and promote the work and approach taken in Wales through our work with Eurochild.
- Produced consultation responses, identify policy priorities and develop written reports and publications
- Providing information, advice and a signposting service for our member organisations in relation to external services and policies
For more information about any of these issues please contact: Karen McFarlane, Policy Officer, karen.mcfarlane@childreninwales.org.uk or Sean O’Neill, Policy Director, sean.oneill@childreninwales.org.uk.
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11.02.21 End Child Poverty Network Cymru - A Manifesto for Senedd Elections 2021
08.10.20 NEW REPORT LAUNCHED: COVID-19 and the impact on low income and disadvantage...
02.12.19 Welsh Government Child Poverty Review
02.12.19 A More Equal Wales - Commencing the Socio-economic Duty
02.12.19 Welsh Government published Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation
29.11.19 Price of Pupil Poverty - Taking a Whole School Approach to improve the well...
30.10.19 Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee fuel poverty inquir...
17.01.19 Children Take UK Food Poverty into Their Own Hands and Journey to Westminst...
21.09.16 The agenda for children, young people and families, 21/09/16 [W]
01.07.15 Children in Wales welcomes focus on poverty as a children’s rights issue ...
26.03.15 Launch of Cymru Ifanc - Young Wales, 26/03/15 [W]
12.12.14 Tackling poverty: EU recommendation on investing in children to be discuss...
20.10.14 Report highlights lack of progress in meeting child poverty targets, 20/10/...
14.10.14 Children’s Commissioner's concerns already a reality, 14/10/14 [W]
30.10.19 Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee fuel poverty inquir...
22.10.19 Wales Audit Office Report: Fuel Poverty
09.08.19 Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee: Fuel Poverty Inqui...
09.08.19 Social Metrics Commission Report 2019, 29/07/2019 [W/E/S/N.I.]
23.07.19 Child Poverty Action Group: Computer says “No!” Stages 1 and 2
17.07.19 Growing up in poverty in the UK in 2019, 15/07/2019 [W/E/S/N.I.]
29.04.19 Children’s Future Food Enquiry – Final report, 25/04/2019 [W]
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07.11.20 COVID-19 and the impact on low income and disadvantaged families
07.11.20 Child and Family Poverty in Wales Report
09.10.19 Briefing Paper: Renewed Call for a Child Poverty Delivery Plan
13.08.18 Child and Family Poverty in Wales: Results from the Child and Family Surve...
24.07.18 Key Issues from the Child and Family Poverty Survey 2018
16.05.18 Briefing Paper – Public Service Boards’ responses to Child Poverty in l...
06.12.17 Child Poverty Regional Event, South East Wales - 17 October 2017
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