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Corporate Plan Themes and Expected Outcomes - Children and Young People

Priority Outcome CY1

(links to Community Strategy Theme "A Community with Children and Young People at its Heart")

 

How we will improve the quality of life for our community Priority outcome CY1:

 

We will measure our success by:

We will have succeeded if:

As a result of our actions and by working in partnership with others, m More young people will be involved in organised activities which help them to become more active citizens

 

Undertaking a survey in conjunction with partners, of current involvement in organised activities by conducting a base-line survey of the views of young people followed by sample follow-up surveys

 

 

The number of young people participating in relevant activities increases every year from 2005/6 to 2009

 

 

The actions we will take to achieve this outcome are:

 

Action

Target

Service

Lead

a

Develop a Play on Prescription scheme

6 schemes by October 2008

Leisure

b

Invest in community transport and other concessionary travel options for travel to Youth Activities

All youth activities to include transport

Leisure

c

Investigate the viability of forming a Youth Council or Forum in liaison with Young People and other partners

Forum in place by October 2007

Policy and Communications

(with North Shropshire Partnership)

d

Involve Young People in customer feedback forums with regard to activities in leisure/dual use centres

All centres and activities by October 2007

Leisure

e

Work in partnership to make better use of capital funding for enhanced Wheels to Work provision

 

Double the March 2006 level of capital by March 2007

Economic Development

f

work with the Shropshire Children's Trust to involve young people in decision making

Protocol agreed by March 2008

Policy and Communications

 

g

Identify children and young people from schools/Higher Education to use voluntary hours from leadership courses (DOE, CSLA) on NSDC activities and voluntary sector activities e.g. Scouts and Guides

Identified by October 2007 involve in six schemes by March 2008

Leisure

h

fulfill our duty under Section 11 of the Children Act 2004 to safeguard and promote welfare of children 

Measure against agreed plan

Policy and Communications

(co-ordination)

 

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