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1Ending Child Poverty everybodys
business Localism and Local Authorities
what can they do best? Michelle Kennedy LGID
Associate Child Poverty Adviser
Ending child poverty everybodys business
2Tackling all the causes and consequences of child
poverty needs a joined up approach and much of
this depends on high quality local services ,
leadership and knowing your community
3Ending child poverty by 2020 what does it mean
for local authorities?
- The Child Poverty Act requires Local Authorities
and their Named Partners to - Cooperate to reduce, and mitigate the effects of,
child poverty in their local area. - Produce local child poverty needs assessments.
- Prepare joint local child poverty strategies.
- The Guide produced on the duties signals the
importance of local authorities both to
support consultation around the needs assessment
but also to consider contribution to the local
area strategy. - The emphasis is not on areas meeting the national
targets at a local level but on developing
local strategies across the building blocks and
driving action that makes a difference to the
deprived communities in their area. Therefore all
local areas should be making a contribution.
Ending child poverty everybodys business
4Local Authorities doing what they do best
Leaders and champions
Service commissioners and providers
Accountable and responsible
Partners
Experts and influencers
- Improvement and creativity
Ending child poverty everybodys business
5Leaders and champions
- Political leadership
- Corporate /executive leadership
- Community leadership
- Child Poverty Champions
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Ending child poverty everybodys business
6Service commissioners and providers
- New ways and opportunities to provide / support
pathways to employment for parents. - Co-location co-design of joint provision
- Better use of resources , data and intelligence
- Devolution / pooling of assets and budgets
- Greater understanding of families from cradle
to grave -
Ending child poverty everybodys business
7Improvement and development
- Local Authorities leading on sector improvement
and development learning from the best - Child poverty pilots , including Innovation and
Community Budgets - New ways of working with Families with Complex
Needs - Creative Councils and radical transformation
- Localism is what we do !
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Ending child poverty everybodys business
8So what else?
- Some challenges and chances ahead
- Poverty Fatigue?
- Welfare Reform
- Housing Benefit changes
- Localism Bill
- Pace of change
9 So what can we do ?
- Lead by example as an individual and
organisation - Champion your communities
- Engage in and learn from partnership
- Use the Child Poverty Needs Assessment and
strategy to identify and work with places and
families most at risk - Use the Building Blocks to see where you
fit in - Use new flexibilities such as those with JCP
to work and commission differently and co-locate - Embed child poverty in existing or planned
policies , service redesign and culture ( no need
to re-invent the wheel) - Support families to take greater
responsibility for themselves and their children -
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10Ending Child Poverty everybodys
business Child Poverty Community of Practice
http//www.communities.idea.gov.uk/comm/landing-
home.do?id1362979 Michelle Kennedy LGID
Associate Child Poverty Adviser
Ending child poverty everybodys business