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Headteacher Meeting Friday 25 th January 2013

Headteacher Meeting Friday 25 th January 2013. Statistics. What is Child Poverty?. How is child poverty measured? Direct measures of children’s individual living standards can identify how many children are poor and the how poverty affects children. Presentations.

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Headteacher Meeting Friday 25 th January 2013

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  1. Headteacher Meeting Friday 25th January 2013

  2. Statistics

  3. What is Child Poverty? • How is child poverty measured? • Direct measures of children’s individual living standards can identify how many children are poor and the how poverty affects children.

  4. Presentations • Ged Fogharty: Co-ordinator Barrow Food bank • Dave Morrison: Children’s Centre Manger Action For Children

  5. Supporting families and children in poverty • How do you support: • ongoing poverty issues in your school? • Crisis points throughout the year?

  6. Presentation • Nicky Brown: Brown BA Caseworker Supervisor • Christine McKinlay CAB Barrow- manager

  7. Intergenerational poverty? • Research suggest that children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to not attain basic standards whilst at school. So the effects are passed from one generation to the next • Groups at risk…

  8. Poverty of opportunity and poverty of aspiration? • Reduced experiences: children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to miss out on real life experiences with their families and suffer parental disengagement. • Reduced participation in post-compulsory education. • Reduced Employment opportunities: there is now a growing shift in the labour market towards skilled positions requiring academic qualifications.

  9. Presentation • Jonathan Balm- General Manger Barrow and District Credit Union.

  10. Interventions that work • What is happening in your school that is making a difference? • What else needs to be done to intervene?

  11. Recommendations • Reducing the effects of child poverty is equally important as reducing the number of children in poverty • Tackling the effects of child poverty requires multi agency approach and routes for • Raise the aspirations of children and young people in all aspects of their lives • Improve the emotional well-being and resilience of children and young people • Provide opportunities for children to be valued as responsible members of their communities

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