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PURPOSE OF COMMITTEE
To
monitor and determine the Council’s contribution to
alleviating and mitigating all forms of poverty and inequality in
the city.
The
Committee will develop an Anti-Poverty Strategy.
REMIT OF COMMITTEE
1.
The Committee will, in respect of poverty and inequality issues in
the city:
1.1
Consider the impact of poverty on the city as a whole and targeted
population levels, including on key groups such as children,
minority ethnic communities and those of pensionable age who are
known to be particularly disadvantaged by poverty;
1.2
Consider the evidence from Citizen’s Assemblies on poverty
and inequality matters;
1.3
Seek the views and involvement of those experiencing poverty and
inequality;
1.4
Consider the effect of In-work Poverty and the Living Wage,
including by receiving reports on Living Wage accreditation
rates;
1.5
Consider evidence of “what’s worked” in combating
poverty and inequality;
1.6
Consider the impact of ongoing Welfare Reform measures, including
by receiving reports on benefit access and uptake;
1.7
Consider the impact of poverty on Employability and Youth
Employment, including by receiving reports on employment rates and
positive destinations;
1.8
Consider the impact of Food Insecurity and Fuel Poverty, including
by receiving reports on community food provision and energy cost
impacts;
1.9
Consider the impact of stigma and discrimination on those
experiencing poverty;
1.10
Consider the impact of poverty on the health and wellbeing of those
experiencing it;
1.11
Monitor the progress of research relevant to poverty and
inequality, including in relation to health
determinants;
1.12
Consider matters relating to the provision of Credit Unions, fair
and affordable banking and advice services;
1.13
Examine the nature of institutional and systemic discrimination in
Aberdeen, and consider the steps required to eradicate such
discrimination;
1.14
Monitor the performance of Council-funded community programmes and
projects which seek to address poverty or inequality.
2.
The Committee will:
2.1
agree the submission of Child Poverty Action Plans and Reports to
the Scottish Government;
2.2
agree the submission of the Council’s Equalities
Mainstreaming Outcomes Reports to the Scottish Government;
and
2.3
monitor the Memorandum of Understanding between the Council and the
Department for Work and Pensions through receipt of an annual
report.
External advisers:
Emphasising the close links with Community Planning
Aberdeen’s Anti-Poverty Group, the Committee will appoint
advisers who are not members of the Council. These external
advisers will be appointed by the Committee as follows:
• 1 resident of Aberdeen with lived
experience of poverty;
• Up to 2 people representing the
charitable sector in Aberdeen;
• 1 person representing higher and
further education in Aberdeen;
• 1 person representing key interest
groups in Aberdeen (that may be appointed for a
defined period of time); and
• 1 public health
professional/practitioner who works in Aberdeen.