Annual project plan & quarterly plans
Emails
Meetings

• Working closely with local councillors, Youth Mayors
• CHYPIG meetings
• Attendance at the Children in Care council
• Offer/ publicise opportunities to i.e. LGBT groups, young carers groups etc
• Regional youth work unit
• Targeted offer of opportunities
• Partnership events with community groups. E.g. Chester’s got talent & Chester Arts
• Education Improvement Partnerships
• Links with vulnerable groups e.g. BME, Homeless, Travellers, Offenders, disability groups and looked after young people

Leeds Barnardo's Willow Young Carers Project involved in Hear by Right staff development and on going links established

Disabled young people formed an advisory group to the disability programme

Get Involved events - three residentials with staff and young people as part of ongoing dialogue

Participation lead is linked to County active involvement group, which in turn links to other structures/organisations.

Participation Lead is seconded from Connexions service

Plan to develop involvement of young children in partnership with Children’s Centres (LCRCHS Business plan 09/10)

• Mainstream/GYPC/ Strategic/ AHDC/ LAC

Pathways service has excellent links with the housing providers, this joint working has lead to more young people who are leaving care getting and keeping housing. It is planned that young people will be able to present their own situation to the housing panel in the future.

Pathways also have good links with Connexions and the further education institutes in the area and are working to ensure that even the young people who are not in education, employment or training can access short courses. In Quarter 3 08/09 the figure for care leavers in employment, education and training was 87.5%

Children’s Services use Language Line to ensure that relevant documentation etc. can be interpreted into the first language of children and young people when needed.

• The Carlisle locality Learning Difficulties and Disabilities team have excellent links with James Rennie School and health. They also links with community groups such as Brownies who they support in providing activities for children with disabilities.
• Adoption Support Team recently won an award for Post adoption consultation service jointly with the CAMHs service
• Pathways service has excellent links with the housing providers, this joint working has lead to more young people who are leaving care getting and keeping housing. It is planned that young people will be able to present their own situation to the housing panel in the future.
• Pathways also have good links with Connexions and the further education institutes in the area and are working to ensure that even the young people who are not in education, employment or training can access short courses. In Quarter 3 08/09 the figure for care leavers in employment, education and training was 87.5%
• The Grange Children’s Home has excellent links with the police and has been involved with the Give Respect, Get Respect campaign.
• Children’s Services use Language Line to ensure that relevant documentation etc. can be interpreted into the first language of children and young people when needed.

Links have been established with a variety of organisations that work with young people (V, VOICE, DYF, etc). These links will be built on.

- CYPP
- Autistic society
- Mayfield School holds inclusion events with local schools to break down Barriers: Mayfield and Hennisngham are doing a joint Rock Challenge.]
- Connexions
- Multi cultural centres
- Police liaison groups
- CAHMS
- 14-19 Partnership
- Young people first
- Midwives/health visitors

Geographical variance of what is available in each area: e.g.; Cockermouth does not have its own family centre and relies on services going into Cockermouth or community developed facilities.

- The Carlisle locality Learning Difficulties and Disabilities team have excellent links with James Rennie School and health. They also links with community groups such as Brownies who they support in providing activities for children with disabilities.
- Adoption Support Team recently won an award for Post adoption consultation service jointly with the CAMHs service
- Pathways service has excellent links with the housing providers, this joint working has lead to more young people who are leaving care getting and keeping housing. It is planned that young people will be able to present their own situation to the housing panel in the future.
- Pathways also have good links with Connexions and the further education institutes in the area and are working to ensure that even the young people who are not in education, employment or training can access short courses. In Quarter 3 08/09 the figure for care leavers in employment, education and training was 87.5%
- The Grange Children’s Home has excellent links with the police and has been involved with the Give Respect, Get Respect campaign.
- Children’s Services use Language Line to ensure that relevant documentation etc. can be interpreted into the first language of children and young people when needed.

Health Authority, Connexions and many voluntary Sector organisations and all representatives of departments are members of the Participation Steering Group

· Joint post “Nurse Consultant Palliative Care” - with Leicester City PCT.

NYA’s range of programmes including NSF, HLF, Participation Team;

NYA partnerships eg Youth Information Peterborough, Rights of Us

Building links with

youth service/connexions/B-Dat

Use of family centres for assessments of YP’s needs.

Evidenced in the Derbyshire Youth Service Participation Framework 2006

• Links to City Youth Council, District Youth assemblies, UKYMPs,
• Specialist reps on County LMC
• Focus groups with marginal groups
• Links to county DY Assemblies. C. Youth Assembly UKMYPs

Links with YOT, youth inclusion programmes, ‘looked after children’, teenage pregnancy co-ordinator, Jewish community have been successfully engaged in projects and structures

YSDS Youth Forum has established effective links and has regular dialogue with a range of young people’s groups and forums. Diverse groups of young people have attended Government, regional and national conferences and consultation seminars. There they have been included in debate, review and discussion of issues concerning them and maintain their links with these organisations.

Links are being made with all under represented groups to ensure their involvement

Links with Equality and Diversity Officer to identify groups and ensure that they are invited to take part.

Strong links exist with:

Youth Inclusion Project, Youth Offending Service, Grapevine, STAY network, Connexions, Groundwork, Alternative Education Service, Detached projects, STRIDE, LSP, Drug Action Team, Independent Living Team, MATRIX, CAHMS, Sure Start, PHAB Club, The Vision, Young Carers, Enterprise In Education, Akenshaw Youth Project, Work Based Training Providers.