Tackling poverty will need improvements to the ways we are currently working. What are the ways that we should improve?

1. Improve our ability to use data and intelligence from across the partnership to identify and reach low-income families who might otherwise be hidden.

1. Improve our engagement and quality of relationship with a wide range of low-income families to better understand and act upon what they tell us.

1. Support access to affordable housing through increase of supply and reduction of costs in the private sector.​​

1. Prioritise fair work and job creation, capitalising on community wealth building and the role of anchor institutions to support families experiencing poverty​​.

1. Provide awareness raising and anti-stigma training for staff and elected members at all levels​​.

1. Ensure we have a framework that makes responsibilities clear and highlights how individual and joint actions are contributing to poverty outcomes. ​

1. Improve our approach to holistic rather than siloed evaluations so we understand the true impact of our actions on households.

1. Ensure a wide range of third sector voices are given an equal voice in discussions around child poverty policy and the delivery of services.​

1. Explore place based, whole family, collaborative approaches to supporting low-income families.  
2. Work in spaces that people feel comfortable in, and where they can access a range of services and information at the same time. Make sure these spaces are free from stigma.
3. Communicate clearly about our services across multiple platforms and formats that our audiences use. Create child- and community-friendly versions of reports when it is appropriate to do so (e.g. when the content pertains to them).
4. Ensure that we are using all levers available locally to make our childcare offer flexible and affordable, providing parents the right support at the right time.
5. Improve staff and volunteer wellbeing through better support for our workforce experiencing burnout.

1. Use our experience of delivering services and the experiences of our communities to make the case to UK and Scottish Governments to make the changes required to tackle systemic poverty and inequality.

1. Ensure our transport system supports our partnership approach to tackling poverty and is adaptive to the needs of our communities.

1. Address and reduce health inequalities.

1. Reduce poverty related education attainment gaps.