Tackling financial barriers to education for children and young people

This Forum meeting was attended by Kirsty Campbell, Cost of the School Day Voice Participation Officer, and Sara Spencer, Cost of the School Day Project Manager, of Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland. CPAG works to strengthen public commitment to end child poverty, campaigns for evidence-based policy solutions to child poverty and uses welfare rights expertise to maximise family incomes.

Sara and Kirsty work on the Cost of the School Day project at CPAG which focuses on tackling financial barriers to education for children from low income households. They shared learning from ongoing Cost of the School Day work with schools, local authorities and children and young people. They focused in particular on practical actions to reduce cost pressures and stigma, increase family incomes and support children’s participation, learning and wellbeing.

 

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