Poverty Dashboard for Dumfries and Galloway

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Dumfries and Galloway have received funding through the Scottish Governments Fairer Futures initiative. The project is early in its inception but has the long-term goal to deliver systematic change in the way public services support parents and families out of poverty. Our approach is to use existing principles and approaches to put families first, focusing on prevention rather than cure. To help achieve this, accurately measuring poverty and low income is crucial, and the availability of real-t...