Gloucestershire County Council - Every Child Matters: Change for Children

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Every Child Matters: Change for Children

...helping every child and young person in Gloucestershire to thrive and reach their full potential

Every Child Matters: Change for Children is a national programme of change that aims to improve the lives of all children and young people. It brings changes for all the organisations and agencies that provide services for children and young people. Gloucestershire County Council is responsible for leading this change programme locally, and is doing this through a partnership of children and young people's organisations, known as the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership(CYPSP).

The Change for Children programme sets out to help children and young people to:

Gloucestershire has many organisations providing services for children, young people and their families. Change for Children aims to create better services by ensuring that these organisations work together effectively to:

Who does this change programme affect?

Change for Children affects everyone involved in services for children, young people and families, whether they are in the public, private or voluntary sectors. In Gloucestershire this includes the county council, district councils, health services, schools, childcare providers, youth services, the police, social care services, faith groups, sports and play organisations and children and young people's services provided by the voluntary and community sector.

Why was the Change for Children programme introduced?

The Green Paper 'Every Child Matters' was a consultation paper published in 2003 alongside the formal response to the report into the death of Victoria Climbié. It built on the Government's existing plans to strengthen preventative services for children by focusing on four key themes:

Every Child Matters: Change for Children was published in December 2004 following wide consultation with children, parents, young people and those working in children's services. It sets out a national framework for local change, led by local authorities and their partners. The aim is to provide more effective and accessible services focused around the needs of children, young people and families.

The Children Act 2004 came into force to provide legislation for the programme of change set out in Every Child Matters: Change for Children. The Act means that organisations working with children and young people must work together when planning and delivering services, lead by the local authority (in Gloucestershire, this is Gloucestershire County Council)

What's happening locally?

Gloucestershire County Council is responsible for leading the Change for Children programme locally and bringing together key partners. It is doing this through a partnership of the key local organisations and agencies involved in providing services for children and young people in Gloucestershire, which is known as the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership, or CYPSP. You can find out more about what's happening locally by clicking on the links below to 'Local change programme 2006-07' and 'About the CYPSP'.

Stay up to date - for regular updates on what's happening locally and nationally around the Change for Children programme, subscribe to the Change for Children e-briefing by emailing your name, role, organisation and email address to: changeforchildren@gloucestershire.gov.uk or phone the Council's Programme & Partnership team on 01452 426159.

Contact: for more information about the Change for Children programme in Gloucestershire, or the Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership, contact the County Council's Programme & Partnership team on 01452 426159.

Links to other pages in this section...

E-briefings giving a round up of what's happening locally and nationally around the Every Child Matters: Change for Children programme, for everyone involved with services for children and young people in Gloucestershire

A group of young people have interpreted Gloucestershire County Council's Children and Young People's Plan (launched in April 2006)) and come up with a version that will interest their peers.

Here you'll find details of local and national consultations related to implementing the government's change programme set out in Every Child Matters: Change for Children.

This page allows you to access Gloucestershire CYPSP's Participation Strategy as well as a wide range of documents and links relating to giving children and young people a voice. It also provides information about the work of the Participation Steering Group and other news about how the CYPSP are involving children and young people in service planning and delivery.

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