Child poverty in numbers

A short course to increase your knowledge of child poverty and give you the tools to find out more.  

This NEW short course builds on our popular ‘Understanding poverty in my area’ training to focus specifically on child poverty. 

Why you should attend

Many organisations, from public bodies to charities, want to end child poverty in their areas. This short course will provide you with the insights and tools that you need to understand child poverty, so that you can develop and target your work to have greatest impact.  

You’ll be able to apply your learning to target your services on people and places in greatest need, support funding bids and develop your organisation’s strategy.

What you’ll learn

The course will help you to understand:

• what is child poverty and how is it measured
• the children at greatest risk of being in poverty
• where to find different statistics on child poverty 
• the strengths and weaknesses of different sources. 

9.30	Introductions and welcome
9.40	What is child poverty and how is it measured?
9.50	Child poverty and material deprivation in Wales
10.10	Finding out about child poverty in local authorities and communities
10.25	Using benefits data to find out more
10.45	Free School Meals as a source of data
11.00	Close

To get the most out of this course, participants need to be familiar with the basics of Excel or similar spreadsheets. All participants will receive the slides and a recording of the session.  The training will be delivered in English via Zoom. 

Cost 

• £50 for Bevan Foundation subscribers (plus booking fee)

• £75 standard price (plus booking fee)

Please note that the Subscriber Special rate is a benefit for organisations which have a paid-for subscription. Please note that if you book at the subscriber rate but are not a current subscriber we reserve the right to charge the full price.

Two free places are available for small, unfunded groups – please contact us if you are interested in this offer.