Addressing poverty is vital to the current and future prosperity of our area. Poverty is a root cause of health inequalities, and negatively impacts on the attainment and life opportunities of our children and young people. Tackling poverty is central to our Falkirk Plan.

Building a Fairer Falkirk is our Community Planning Partnership strategy to address the impact of poverty on our communities. It demonstrates our continued commitment to tackling child poverty and forms our Child Poverty Action Plan for the next five years.

The strategy reflects the voices of local people and is based on the issues that matter to them. It also reflects evidence of local needs, and likely changes in our area over the next five years.

The strategy will help us reach a point where:

  • People are well informed about how they can maximise their income and reduce their living costs.
  • People have access to the opportunities and integrated support they need to enter, sustain and progress into and within fair work.
  • Transport is affordable, available and convenient.

These outcomes will reduce and help prevent poverty by maximising income and resources for all households in Falkirk. The strategy sets out the actions we need to take to reach these outcomes.

We will report annually on our progress and refresh our actions where necessary. The annual updates will also be our Child Poverty Action Reports.

You can read the Building a Fairer Falkirk 2024 - 2029 strategy on the Falkirk's Community Planning Partnership website.

Our Child Poverty Action Reports are also available on Falkirk's Community Planning Partnership website.

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