North East Mayor takes the lead in the fight against child poverty with a £28.6m action plan for the region

• Grants for expectant mothers, baby boxes and new activities for young people to support them towards work are included in a raft of measures to be agreed today.
• North East leads the way in interventions ahead of Government strategy on child poverty expected in the autumn.
• £28.6m of new investment to deliver against the Action Plan, alongside renewed commitment to subsidised bus travel up to age 21.

The North East Mayor Kim McGuinness will invest £28.6m to tackle child poverty across the region in plans to be approved today.

The Action Plan will drive the most comprehensive and coordinated regional intervention of its kind in England, fulfilling Mayor Kim's promise to put tackling child poverty at the heart of her mission to make the North East the home of real opportunity.

The plan aligns the impact of mayoral backed programmes with joint commitments from regional partners ensuring every initiative contributes to a unified effort to break the cycle of poverty and create lasting change.

https://www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/child-poverty-reduction-unit