There has been much discussion about the forthcoming draft Anti-Poverty Strategy which has been signed off by the NI Executive and is due to be released soon for public consultation.
The Anti-Poverty Strategy Group has been formed and is made up of former members of the Anti-Poverty Co-Design Group who worked alongside the Department for Communities to co-design the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy building on the work of the Expert Advisory Panel and their report. The Co-Design group developed its own paper of recommendations and this was published in September 2022 which you can read here:
The new Anti-Poverty Strategy Group has since produced a summary document on why they have formed and the key issues that need to be addressed in an Anti-Poverty Strategy. You can read this document here:
https://www.ruralcommunitynetwork.org/app/uploads/2025/03/Anti-Poverty_BriefingPaper_D3.pdf
Siobhán has carried out a number of media interviews on the forthcoming draft Anti-Poverty Strategy in which she has highlighted the Consortium’s research and discussed what should be included in any draft Strategy:
- 15/05/25 – BBC Talkback
- 25/05/25 – BBC Sunday Sequence available to listen again here (from 41.30 mins): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002cngb
