Meeting the needs of Children and Young People

Our Vision

All children and young people in the Wyre Forest District are healthy, safe, enjoy life and achieve success, make a positive contribution and benefit from economic wellbeing.

Our Priorities

Support children and young people to lead healthy lifestyles
Improve the emotional wellbeing of children and young people
Prevent bullying, and support children and young people who have been affected by it
Protect children and young people who are at risk of harm and neglect
Ensure that children and young people are respected and valued in their communities
Actively involve children and young people more in decisions affecting their lives
Support the implementation of Extended Services in the Wyre Forest District
Raise the educational achievement of all children and young people, from those who find learning challenging to the most gifted and able
to enrich the experiences and development of children and young people through activity and positive contribution
Ensure that children, young people and their families have things to do and enjoy in their communities
Increase the participation of young people aged 16 and over in education, employment and training
Ensure that all children and young people and their families live in satisfactory accomodation

These link to the following Local Area Agreement Priorities:

To remove barriers to employment and improve skills in education, employment and training
To support and improve the leading of healthy lifestyles and wellbeing of adults and children and young people
To ensure that all children and young people have the opportunity to participate in postive activities
To reduce levels of inequalities within the community

How are we doing?

Local Area Agreement Performance Information

What are we doing?

Wyre Forest Matters' Children and Young People sub-group are doing their level best to map every bit of provision for children and young people in the Wyre Forest District. The group are carrying out this task to identify gaps and overlaps, in preparation for the fact the County Council Children's Services are soon to be allocating a commissioning role to district LSPs.

The group will be populating a physical map with this data and aiming to find the gaps and overlaps, so are asking partners to provide as much detail as possible. Address details are obviously very important as are: target age group, times, dates, short term or long term, voluntary or public sector provided, etc.

This mapping will cover all kinds of provision: supported housing, sporting activities, mental health sessions, sexual health sessions, church groups, arts groups, youth clubs, school clubs and so on, and being done in order to facilitate the group’s ability to guide the provision of youth activities in the district. If you have any information that will help us, please contact Tracy Reck on 01562 732950 or tracy.reck@wyreforestdc.gov.uk

We're also working on developing a website to help us directly involve young people in our work, so that young people in the district are able to let us know their thoughts, likes, dislikes on what is happening/planned for the area.

last updated on 22nd Jan 2010