MS, Cabinet Secretary for Social
Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Welsh Government are committed
to tackling poverty as an absolute priority, using all the levers
we have available to their full extent, including taking a
leadership role in co-ordinating wider action to work towards
eradicating child poverty and its impacts here in Wales.
I am pleased to announce that as part of our work to enable
stronger collaboration to address child poverty we have approved
25 proposals across Wales, totalling more than £1.5m, under our
Child Poverty Innovation and Supporting Communities grant for
2025/26.
Child poverty is a cross-cutting policy issue, and this is
reflected in the diversity of projects which have been successful
in securing funding in the highly competitive grant award
process. This cross-government approach reflects our shared
commitment to giving every child the best possible start in life.
By co-ordinating our efforts, we can better address the root
causes of poverty and build stronger, more resilient
communities.
The proposals being funded will
- strengthen the capacity of organisations to form
collaborative working arrangements to address child poverty,
- link to one or more of the five objectives of the Child
Poverty Strategy for Wales,
- improve communication and knowledge transfer in addressing
child poverty at the local and regional level.
This work builds on the funding provided in 2024/25 where 22
projects were funded to tackle child poverty.
A list of all the
successful organisations offered funding is included.
