Child Poverty
Child Poverty—Everybody's Business
The City of York shares the national ambition to eradicate child poverty by 2020. This ambition was laid out in the Child Poverty Act and passed into law in March 2010 with full party support, re-enforced by the new government in May 2010.
The city has a new child poverty strategy. The aim of the strategy will be to achieve a fair and inclusive society where every child is given the best start in life and an equal opportunity to fulfil his or her potential.
For more information contact Bernie Flanagan on 01904 554342.
Defining child poverty
The Child Poverty Bill defines poverty in terms of income and uses a tiered approach of absolute low income, relative low income, material deprivation combined with low income and persistent poverty.
The child poverty indicator used by the Government is that of income below 60 per cent of total equivalised disposable family income before housing costs.
The 2007 Government statistics reveal that approximately 20 per cent of families with children are living below this low-income threshold.
Some areas in York fall into that 20% that is why it is so important that as a city we work together to reduce this number and halp as many families out of poverty as possible.
Follow the links for more information about poverty in York:
Young People's Research Into Child Poverty
National Policies and Strategies
Future Prospects- Supporting Families project
Future Prospects will be offering a new type of support to families on working age benefits over the next 3 years to help them on the journey back to work. The Supporting Families Project will offer a range of different activities to help individuals and their families build confidence and skills in all areas of their life with the dedicated support of an Adviser. Future Prospects will be able to support people for up to a year to reach their work and personal goals.
Individuals will benefit from a range of activities from Confidence Building for life and Relationships; Healthy Lifestyle, Employability training, Stress Management, Support for Parents and Carers, Money Management, Skills for Life, short vocational courses, volunteering, work placements and much more.
If you are interested in getting personalised support to get you back into work, or know somebody who does, please contact Colette Gray at Future Prospects on 01904 634748 to find out more.
