Child Poverty Strategy
The Haringey Strategic Partnership has developed a Child Poverty Strategy and action plan to ensure that council services and local partners are working in a joined up way to reduce child poverty in the borough and ensure that today’s children do not become the parents of poor children tomorrow.
The Strategy builds on existing strategies, such as the Regeneration Strategy and the Children and Young People's Plan, and draws together cross cutting work with the aim of accelerating the pace at which we can lift Haringey children out of poverty.
The strategy identifies five objectives that need to be met in order to achieve a substantial reduction in child poverty. These build on existing priorities and reflect objectives and recommendations made in the London Child Poverty Commission report (external link).
The strategy was adopted by the Haringey Strategic partnership on the 4 November 2008.
A One year progress report 2008-09 can be found in the attached files section below.
|Back to topChild Poverty Act 2010
The Child Poverty Act 2010 received Royal Assent in March 2010 and reflects the new Coalition government’s commitment to eradicate child poverty by 2020. A briefing can be found in the attached files section below explaining the key parts of the Act together with what it means for local authorities and their partners.
|Back to top2010 Child Poverty Needs Assessment
One of the new statutory duties introduced in the Child Poverty Act is for local authorities to undertake a local child poverty needs assessment, which will inform the development of a local child poverty strategy. The Needs Assessment can be found in the attached files section below - An Executive Summary is also available.
|Back to topConsultation on the Child Poverty Strategy 2011-14
Following our first Child Poverty Strategy 2008-11, we are now consulting on the development of a revised strategy. We have recently completed the first stage of consultation and the results are available in the attached files section below. A second stage of consultation will take place later this year.
|Back to topAttached Files
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