Summary
The Anti-Poverty Strategy sets out the Executive’s commitment to a joined up, long term approach to addressing poverty. It seeks to remove barriers and support equality of opportunity for those experiencing or at risk of poverty. It sets a clear framework within which anti-poverty work will be taken forward in a practical and sustainable manner.
Documents
- Northern Ireland Executive’s Anti-Poverty Strategy 2025-2035
- Northern Ireland Executive’s Anti-Poverty Strategy (EasyRead)
- Northern Ireland Executive’s Anti-Poverty Strategy (Equality Impact Assessment)
- Northern Ireland Executive’s Anti-Poverty Strategy (Rural Needs Impact Assessment)
- Northern Ireland Executive’s Anti-Poverty Strategy (Child Rights Impact Assessment)
- Privacy Notice for Consultation on NI Executive Anti-Poverty Strategy
Consultation description
This Strategy is underpinned by three key pillars which will be supported by a range of work areas and key actions. This will allow us to make a difference to those experiencing or at risk of poverty in an effective and sustainable manner.
These three pillars are:
- Minimising Risks
- Minimising Impacts
- Exiting Poverty.
The Department is consulting on the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy and welcomes your comments on any aspects of this document.
Responses on the consultation are due by 19 September 2025, these will be used to inform the final content of the Executive strategy.
Documents can be requested in alternative formats. For more information on the alternative formats available and the time scales involved, contact us (see details below).
Anti-Poverty Strategy engagement events 2025
To increase participation and provide further information to those who wish to take part in the consultation process, we have arranged for three engagement events across Northern Ireland to take place. These events will incorporate a short presentation on the Anti-Poverty Strategy followed by an open discussion seeking feedback and input from attendees, all responses received will be used to inform the final content of the Executive Strategy. We encourage all organisations and individuals with an interest or view on poverty in Northern Ireland to take part in one of these engagement events.
Registration is necessary for attendance to allow us to manage capacity.
Please click on the relevant link below to book a space.
- Belfast – The Linen Hall Library, Tuesday 9 September, 7.15pm to 9pm
- Derry~Londonderry – Derry Central Library, Thursday 11 September, 7.15pm to 9pm
- Omagh – Omagh Library, Wednesday 17 September, 7.15pm to 9pm
Privacy, confidentiality and access to consultation responses
For this consultation, we may publish all responses except for those where the respondent indicates that they are an individual acting in a private capacity (e.g. a member of the public). Responses from organisations and individuals responding in a professional capacity may be published. We will remove email addresses and telephone numbers from these responses; but apart from this, we will publish them in full. For more information about what we do with personal data please see our consultation privacy notice.
Your response, and all other responses to this consultation, may also be disclosed on request in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR); however all disclosures will be in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).
A summary report and analysis of consultation responses will be published on the DfC website.
If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential, so that this may be considered if the Department should receive a request for the information under the FOIA or EIR.
In responding to this consultation please do not submit any sensitive personal data or information. You are under no obligation to provide personal details in responding to this consultation.
We will consider the responses received and, following that, publish a consultation report on the Departmental website, which will outline feedback received and the Department’s next steps.
Ways to respond
Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.