Children and Young People’s Plan: 2009 - 2012 - Consultation

“An excellent opportunity for York’s children and young people”

Background

The Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) will be a partnership plan of everyone in York working to support children and families. It will cover a three year period from 2009 to 2012.

The plan will set out the priorities for all services for children and young people some of which, such as schools, are provided for everybody, as well as those that are targeted on groups of young people who may need particular attention and support. The ultimate aim is to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people in the city.

The ambition is two-fold: firstly that every child reaches adulthood with the breadth of skills, qualifications and experience that they need to be able to thrive in society and the workforce; and secondly, that every child has a good experience of childhood and their teenage years.

This consultation outlines the most important issues where fresh ideas and additional help might make a difference. The consultation is organised around the 5 outcomes from the Every Child Matters framework, but, we do not want to restrict thinking, nor do we believe that issues can be simply boxed into particular categories. Many of the issues and challenges are cross cutting ones, so there also space for the ideas/comments that you were finding difficult to fit anywhere else!

All ideas are welcome, but we must remember resources are limited. That does not mean we should not be ambitious – it may be about us stopping doing some things and starting to do others or we may need to do things differently. The intention is always that we should be smarter about the way in which existing resources are used.

From now until the end of October we want to consult with as many people as possible, in fact, all those who work together to support children and young people making up the Yor-OK community:

• Children and young people,
• Parents and carers,
• Partner organisations and the workforce within those organisations,
• School Governors 

There will be a range of events where colleagues will be gathering views from the York community, including:

• Ward meetings,
• Festivals,
• Meetings with Schools,
• Children’s Centres,
• Voluntary organisations and
• Youth groups.

If you work with Children or Young people you can also access more materials, including a toolkit for working with children and young people. Alternatively, you can get copies from the Children’s Trust Unit or from Bernie Flanagan (Tel: 01904 554463).

The Children’s Trust - Vision for Children and Young People in York

The vision below was produced in 2003 for the first Children’s and Young People’s Plan and aims to capture our aspirations and intentions for all children and young people. Is this vision still relevant? If you think changes should be made what would they be?

Vision:
In York we recognise that our children are our future. We want to help children achieve their potential and enjoy life as active participating citizens free from poverty, ignorance, neglect, crime, harm, abuse and distress. This is part of the wider vision of the City Council and its partner agencies’ commitment to creating a future for the people of York that ensures that everyone has the opportunity to lead a full, healthy and satisfying life. We share a long-term vision, led by the YorOK Board, to make York a place where:

• children and their families live in safe, secure communities, empowered to have the skills and knowledge to be protected from abuse, harassment, exploitation and neglect;
• families develop the confidence and capability to love, protect and care for their members;
• the needs of the most vulnerable and socially excluded children and families are met in a timely and effective way;
• families know how and where to get help when they need it;
• services share a common understanding and commitment to our preventative strategy so that children and families can get help promptly to deal with difficulties when they first arise;
• trusting, flexible and innovative partnerships develop between the statutory and independent sector and local communities;
• information, methods and responsibilities are shared, for example, for managing risk or assessing the impact of services;
• multi-disciplinary and cross organisational working enhances the range of skills, experience and expertise of individual workers, as well as valuing the contribution of different practitioner groups; and 
• children, young people, their families and communities are involved in the development of preventative services.

Win a Nintendo Wii!

Anyone getting involved and giving their details will be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a Wii (3 prizes in total).

If you don't want to complete the consultation online you can download a hard copy of the full consultation.

Please fill in the full online consultation

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