Poverty and Inequalities Strategy 2021-2026

The Poverty and Inequalities Strategy builds on the learning from the Council's Strategy and work by other partners. It sets out our Vision and how together all of our partners will engage with all stakeholders within Dumfries and Galloway to contribute to achieving our vision.

"Our Vision is of a Dumfries and Galloway in which local action has driven poverty as low as possible and has mitigated as far as possible the impact of poverty when experienced. "

The objectives set out in the strategy are as follows:

• Outcome Objective 1: Tackle severe and persistent poverty and destitution
• Outcome Objective 2: Maximising income of people facing poverty
• Outcome Objective 3: Reducing the financial pressures on people in poverty
• Outcome Objective 4: Building individuals and communities' ability to deal with the effects of poverty.
• Enabling Objective 1: Building organisational and system capacity

Enabling Objective 2: Addressing barriers to access.

Strategy

• Dumfries and Galloway Poverty and Inequalities Strategy 2021-2026

Performance report 

• Poverty and Inequalities Partnership update June 2024 - Item 3