Concrete proposals to tackle child poverty
23 October 2025
By Becca Bor
On 14 October 2025, a motion was brought before the Assembly on Child Poverty. NIAPN worked together with other anti-poverty groups and children’s organisations to write a briefing for MLAs in order to keep the focus on child poverty and help empower policy makers to put forward evidenced proposals for concrete initiatives and policies that will improve the lives of children and their families.
The following briefing contains both research evidence and policy context for the debate and the proposals set out in the motion.
The plenary session debate can be read here, beginning at 12.15pm.
The plenary session debate can be watched here, beginning at 1:44:15.
The following organisations worked jointly on this briefing:
- Children in Northern Ireland – Ernest Purvis, ernest@ci-ni.org.uk
- NI Anti-Poverty Network (NIAPN) – Becca Bor, becca@niapn.org
- Anti-Poverty Strategy Group – Kellie Turtle, k.turtle@unison.co.uk
- Action for Children – Angela Phillips, angela.phillips@actionforchildren.org.uk
- Trussell – Fiona Cole, fiona.cole@trussell.org.uk
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation – Sheena McMullen, sheena.mcmullen@jrf.org.uk
- Dr Ciara Fitzpatrick, c.fitzpatrick@ulster.ac.uk
