August 2025

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.