This page is to facilitate dicussion of the 5Ps of the Child Poverty Strategy. The link to this page has been shared among three groups: the Child Poverty Task Force, the Community Wellbeing Delivery Group, and the Orkney Children & Young People’s Partnership - please do not share this link with others.
Each P starts a conversation below. Please add your ideas in the relevant conversation - notes from these dicussions will be taken forward to the workshops in due course.
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PRIORITIES - focus attention on especially vulnerable children and familiesPREVENTION - prevent long-term persistence of povertyPROSPECTS - improve life chances of children and young peoplePOCKETS - maximise financial resources of families on low incomesIndex
PLACES - improve housing, regenerate disadvantaged communities
by TOPadmin - 15:48 on 13 October 2021
What big thing could we do to make a difference?
Notes from the workshop held on 12 November may be downloaded here.
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Many families reported struggling with heating costs, and also living in housing with inadequate insulation and which had damp and mould. These conditions add stress and anxiety and impact on mental and physical health - ensuring good quality housing is a priority. I appreciate that heating costs are not something the authority has control over, but also ensuring that any heating in social housing is as economical as possible would help - there are still houses with storage heating, which is highly expensive.