Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East) have partnered with Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice (Citizens Advice in West Sussex Partnership) to create the Poverty in West Sussex Report, providing an overview of poverty in West Sussex following research and insight gathering in partnership between the two West Sussex Citizens Advice. Highlighting the socioeconomic challenges faced by its residents with the goal of identifying key areas for intervention. Despite its overall affluence, West Sussex contains pockets of significant deprivation. Drawing on recent data and insights from Citizens Advice, the report reveals a persistent cycle of poverty with many contributing factors that affect housing, employment, education and health and wealth outcomes.
In turn, this report will be informing the Financial Resilience Framework, drawing on both data and lived experience that aims to coordinate activity across sectors and promote financial security, confidence and wellbeing, supporting an outcomes approach to future policy and decision-making.