Decision details
A Bright Future 2021-2026
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decisions:
Councillor Dave Downie (Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Children & Young People) presented A Bright Future 2021 – 2026 and advised Members that during these challenging times, it was more important than ever that the Council had a clear vision for how it worked for families to make sure all 53,000 children in the city had the best possible start to their lives and to ensure that they had every opportunity to be healthy and happy, to stay safe and be able to aspire and achieve; the Bright Future Plan would enable that.
Alison Botham (Director for Children’s Services), Emma Crowther (Strategic Commissioning Manager), Oliver Mackey (NSPCC), Nick Cook (Barnardos) and Tracey Clasby (Livewell SW) spoke to a presentation and highlighted the following key points to Members:
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it was important for children and young people to have their say – the 10 wishes work described how young people wanted professionals they came into contact with behaved and responded to them. They wanted to be heard and actively engaged in conversations about them; a short video narrative by young people from the Safeguarding Children’s Partnership was shown to Cabinet;
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A Bright Future demonstrated a courageous approach to prevention and set out a template for partnership work; it enabled partners to focus on priorities including a long term plan for mental health and the children and young people’s long term plan;
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the plan set out clear aspirations and put children and young people at the centre of the plan and be involved in its development. |
Cabinet congratulated officers and Councillor Downie on the production of the Bright Future plan and encouraged aspirational working and discussed how improvements would be measured, and scrutiny’s involvement in the progression of the plan.
Cabinet agreed to recommend to Council the adoption of ‘A Bright Future’ as the vision for children and young people in Plymouth for 2021-2026.
Publication date: 14/07/2021
Date of decision: 13/07/2021
Decided at meeting: 13/07/2021 - Cabinet
Effective from: 22/07/2021
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