Vision
That children and young people in Durham and Chester-le-Street and their families will:
- Be healthy
- Be safe
- Enjoy and achieve
- Make a positive contribution
- Experience economic well-being
All children and young people will be:
- Listened to
- Part of decision making
- Aware of opportunities to be involved
- Treated with respect and dignity
Values
The CYPPG and its members will:
- Be open, transparent and honest.
- Treat everyone with equality and maintain respect for ethnic diversity.
- Respect and value differences between children, young people and their families and the views they express.
- Provide a safe supportive forum to encourage partners to express their views.
- Be democratic.
- Communicate in clear language.
- Organise its activities so that partners have time and opportunity to contribute fully.
- Recognise and build on the strengths within the CYPPG and the wider community.
- Champion children and young people’s issues.
- Be flexible in achieving its aims.
Terms of Reference
- To act as a sub-group of the Local Strategic Partnerships in matters relating to Children and Young People.
- To act as a sub-group of the County Durham Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership in order to influence the local elements of relevant County wide strategies.
- To identify local needs, priorities, outputs and targets in relation to Children and Young People in D&CLS and in the context of national targets/outputs.
- To establish priorities for investment and service development.
- To promote and support the integration of services and budgets relating to children and young people to achieve real co-ordination and Best Value.
- To evaluate local development initiatives for Children and Young People and monitor their progress towards meeting local and national targets.
- To identify, share and support best practice about improving the quality of life for Children and Young people in the area.
Sub Groups
Sure Start children's Centres Task Group
Contact: Tricia Cresswell (Chair)
suzanne.lamb@durhamclspct.nhs.uk
Tel: 0191 3011448
Durham Young People's Action Group
Mandi Turnbull (Chair)
Tel: 01207 291400
Chester-le-Street Youth Policy Group
Mandi Turnbull (Chair)
Tel: 01207 291400
Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of Children and young People
Mark Cain(Chair)
mark.cain@sedgefieldpct.nhs.uk
Tel: 01388 824006
Time Limited Groups
Durham & Chester-le-Street Children and Young People's Action Group
Tricia Cresswell (Chair)
tricia.cresswell@durhamclspct.nhs.uk
Tel: 0191 301 1300
Multiagency Parenting Working Group
Contact: Lynne Smith (Chair)
Tel: 0191 382 6843
You can also access the countywide and
Chester-le-Street locality planning framework covering Outcomes for Children and Young People in County Durham.
