Decision details

The Committee resolved:-

(i)                  to instruct the Interim Director - Childrens and Family Services,  to further clarify by way of a Service Update the integration of the Child Poverty Action Plan update report and Child Poverty Action Plan Annual report into the Children’s Services Plan 2023-2026, including the necessity to incorporate an Integrated Impact Assessment in the Plan but not subsequent outcome reports;

(ii)            to congratulate the This is Northfield group on their work to date;

(iii)          to instruct the Locality Manager to invite Dr Flora Douglas - RGU Professor in Public Health, to speak to the Committee in respect of her work on the impact of maternal and household food insecurity on parents’ infant and young children feeding intentions and practices;

(iv)          to note the attached Child Poverty Action Report;

(v)           to note that the Child Poverty Action Report will be considered by the Education and Children’s Services Committee

(vi)          to instruct the Interim Director Children and Families Services to submit the Child Poverty Action Report to Community Planning Aberdeen Board for approval; and

(vii)         to instruct the Interim Director Children and Families Services to publish the Child Poverty Action Plan on the Council’s website following approval by the Community Planning Board.