One in five Fife children live in poverty

The 2020 document sets out how it, and NHS Fife, are working together, along with third sector partners, to tackle the issue.

In Fife, one in five children are living in poverty and 19 per cent of households are in fuel poverty.

Across the awareness week, the council will also be taking part in a social media campaign, and it is encouraging people to share on Facebook and Twitter, their experiences of poverty and the ways in which it can be challenged.

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Cllr Judy Hamilton, convener of community and housing services said: “The pandemic has had an enormous impact. Many families have been thrown into hardship due to furlough or job loss with their money needing to stretch further.

"It has exacerbated Fife’s existing health inequalities, with less affluent families more likely to be impacted by the coronavirus and more likely to be missing opportunities to learn.

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