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As the RCT HDRC, we are dedicated to supporting the Council's efforts to tackle child poverty. We are working closely with the Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee to identify how the Council can work with communities to make services more welcoming and empowering for children and families affected by poverty. Our job is to gather information and evidence and provide support to help the Council understand this issue and develop recommendations to tackle this aspect of child poverty. This way, we ensure that our recommendations and actions are focused and effective, helping the Council use its resources on the most impactful solutions.
What the RCT Health Determinants Research Collaboration Will Do
1. Involve Residents
We will include residents whose real-life experiences will guide our project, making sure the results truly reflect the needs and hopes of those affected by child poverty. We will gather 'lived experience' from the community by working with a small group of citizens and partner organisations. If you live, work, play or study in RCT you can also get involved by completing our poll on the top right of this page.
2. Use Knowledge
We will make sure the Council understands and uses the best available evidence on tackling child poverty. By gathering and sharing this knowledge, we aim to help the Council make informed decisions. This process connects research with real-world actions, making it easier for policymakers to use the evidence effectively.
3. Support New Research
We understand the importance of ongoing research, so we're helping the Council apply for funding for new projects. This includes finding opportunities, preparing grant applications, and providing the expertise needed to secure funding. By supporting new research, we ensure the Council stays ahead with innovative solutions to support families impacted by child poverty.
Sharing Our Success
We will share the findings and lessons from our project across Wales and the UK. By spreading this knowledge, we aim to influence wider policies and practices, making sure our project's impact goes beyond just our local area. This effort helps to highlight our successes and encourages the use of effective strategies to tackle child poverty on a larger scale.
As the RCT HDRC, we are dedicated to supporting the Council's efforts to tackle child poverty. We are working closely with the Council's Overview and Scrutiny Committee to identify how the Council can work with communities to make services more welcoming and empowering for children and families affected by poverty. Our job is to gather information and evidence and provide support to help the Council understand this issue and develop recommendations to tackle this aspect of child poverty. This way, we ensure that our recommendations and actions are focused and effective, helping the Council use its resources on the most impactful solutions.
What the RCT Health Determinants Research Collaboration Will Do
1. Involve Residents
We will include residents whose real-life experiences will guide our project, making sure the results truly reflect the needs and hopes of those affected by child poverty. We will gather 'lived experience' from the community by working with a small group of citizens and partner organisations. If you live, work, play or study in RCT you can also get involved by completing our poll on the top right of this page.
2. Use Knowledge
We will make sure the Council understands and uses the best available evidence on tackling child poverty. By gathering and sharing this knowledge, we aim to help the Council make informed decisions. This process connects research with real-world actions, making it easier for policymakers to use the evidence effectively.
3. Support New Research
We understand the importance of ongoing research, so we're helping the Council apply for funding for new projects. This includes finding opportunities, preparing grant applications, and providing the expertise needed to secure funding. By supporting new research, we ensure the Council stays ahead with innovative solutions to support families impacted by child poverty.
Sharing Our Success
We will share the findings and lessons from our project across Wales and the UK. By spreading this knowledge, we aim to influence wider policies and practices, making sure our project's impact goes beyond just our local area. This effort helps to highlight our successes and encourages the use of effective strategies to tackle child poverty on a larger scale.
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We are now nearing the end of our Child Poverty project and have been focusing on the Lived Experience and Professional Knowledge here in RCT.
We held two working group meetings, bringing together our community partner organisations and lived experience advisors to help with the understanding of the experiences faced by low-income families accessing practical and financial support across RCT.
The first meeting focused on sharing professional knowledge gathered from our partner organisations workshops, as well as some structured conversations between partner organisations and key Council stakeholders. The second meeting centred on lived experience, drawing from surveys, interviews, and focus groups conducted with service users, along with structured conversations with two lived experience advisors.
The working group discussed challenges in awareness, application processes, and engagement, and began exploring potential recommendations based on this. In November, the working group will meet to create recommendations for the Council to take forwards and a full report will be available following the completion of the working group.
We are now nearing the end of our Child Poverty project and have been focusing on the Lived Experience and Professional Knowledge here in RCT.
We held two working group meetings, bringing together our community partner organisations and lived experience advisors to help with the understanding of the experiences faced by low-income families accessing practical and financial support across RCT.
The first meeting focused on sharing professional knowledge gathered from our partner organisations workshops, as well as some structured conversations between partner organisations and key Council stakeholders. The second meeting centred on lived experience, drawing from surveys, interviews, and focus groups conducted with service users, along with structured conversations with two lived experience advisors.
The working group discussed challenges in awareness, application processes, and engagement, and began exploring potential recommendations based on this. In November, the working group will meet to create recommendations for the Council to take forwards and a full report will be available following the completion of the working group.
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The Child Poverty Working Group has chosen to focus on practical and financial support services and how they are accessed. They have been looking at a range of evidence over the past few months and are now focusing on the lived experience and professional knowledge in RCT.
As part of this, we are gathering the experiences of those living in RCT to see which services are used, people’s thoughts on the services, and how they could be improved. We are also working with community partner organisations and Council staff (who deliver these services) to gather their professional thoughts and comments on this.
If you are interested in getting involved, there is a survey which can be completed by anyone living in RCT and has a child under the age of 18 living with them. The survey will remain open until the middle of September.
The working group will meet in September and October discuss and review these new pieces of evidence.
The Child Poverty Working Group has chosen to focus on practical and financial support services and how they are accessed. They have been looking at a range of evidence over the past few months and are now focusing on the lived experience and professional knowledge in RCT.
As part of this, we are gathering the experiences of those living in RCT to see which services are used, people’s thoughts on the services, and how they could be improved. We are also working with community partner organisations and Council staff (who deliver these services) to gather their professional thoughts and comments on this.
If you are interested in getting involved, there is a survey which can be completed by anyone living in RCT and has a child under the age of 18 living with them. The survey will remain open until the middle of September.
The working group will meet in September and October discuss and review these new pieces of evidence.
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The child poverty project was initiated by elected members and has two lived experience advisors sitting on the working group, along with four partner organisations supporting the project.
The project is looking at the question “How can we work with communities to make services more welcoming and empowering for children and families affected by poverty?”. This will be focusing on services that are within the Council’s remit.
The HDRC team will gather different types of evidence to answer this question and present it to the working group over the next year. The group will then make recommendations based on the evidence presented to them.
The child poverty project was initiated by elected members and has two lived experience advisors sitting on the working group, along with four partner organisations supporting the project.
The project is looking at the question “How can we work with communities to make services more welcoming and empowering for children and families affected by poverty?”. This will be focusing on services that are within the Council’s remit.
The HDRC team will gather different types of evidence to answer this question and present it to the working group over the next year. The group will then make recommendations based on the evidence presented to them.
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