About the Poverty and Inequalities Partnership

In 2021 we developed a new Tackling Poverty in Dumfries and Galloway Strategy and to help us progress this work a Poverty and Inequalities Partnership was formed.

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Our vision

'A Dumfries and Galloway in which local action has driven poverty as low as possible and has mitigated as far as possible the impact of poverty when experienced'. 

Our objectives 

  • outcome objective 1: tackling severe and persistent poverty and destitution
  • outcome objective 2: maximising income of people facing poverty
  • outcome objective 3: reducing the financial pressures on people in poverty
  • outcome objective 4: building individuals and communities ability to deal with the effects of poverty
  • enabling objective 1: building organisational and system capacity
  • enabling objective 2: addressing barriers to access

Within the Poverty and inequalities Partnership, there are four sub-groups, focusing on specific objectives: 

  • sub group 1 - "tackling severe and persistent poverty and destruction" and "nuilding individual and community resilience to poverty"
  • sub group 2 - "measuring income of people facing poverty"
  • sub group 3 - "reducing financial pressures on people facing poverty"
  • sub group 4 - "child poverty"
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