Child Poverty Practice Accelerator Fund: Island Communities Impact Assessment

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This assessment has reinforced the importance of testing and evaluating place-based solutions to tackling child poverty, which is central to the Fund.

The national monitoring and evaluation coordinator for the fund will publish a report on the first year of the fund and will produce a monitoring and evaluation framework to support local projects. In addition, funded projects will be required to provide progress updates and an end-of-project report detailing their monitoring and evaluation. Supported by the national coordinator, monitoring and evaluation approaches will be agreed with each project team as part of the grant offer process, to ensure appropriate and effective indicators and outcomes are included.

These reports will help to assess the impact on priority families and to identify scalable interventions that move us closer towards our ambitious child poverty targets. Evidence gathered through project evaluations in island local authorities/health boards will also serve to build the knowledge base on child poverty in island communities.

ICIA approved by: Julie Humphreys

Position: Deputy Director, Tackling Child Poverty and Financial Wellbeing

Date completed: 27 October 2023