Shetland’s Local Annual Child Poverty Action Report

The report, produced by Shetland Islands Council and NHS Shetland, looks at how partners have worked together to support children and families and understand the issues over the past year and highlights the multi-agency approach actions for 2022/23. Our increasingly high cost of living is of particular concern and may lead to increased levels of child poverty and hardship. 

The action and impact from 2021/22 are set out under the following headings, as a series of updates and case studies in the report: Understanding the Issues; Increasing Household Income; Reducing Cost of Living; Building and Nurturing Relationships; Building Capacity; Impact; Strategic Approach and Monitoring and Evaluation. 

Key actions for 2022/23 include:

• A communication campaign to continue to destigmatise seeking help;
• Expansion of support to enable parents to move into work, or improve their employment status;
• Ensuring local climate change measures do not proportionally impact on low income households;
• The rollout of Anchor for Families, to support households to access supports; and
• Delivering on the Scottish Attainment Challenge.

You can read the full report via the link above on Shetland Islands Council's website.