Have your say on improving the lives of children and young people in the borough.
We are consulting on a new revised plan to deliver improved outcomes for children and young people in Barnet. The draft plan outlines our ambition for the next four years on how we will help young people to excel and enjoy living in the borough.
The plan has been developed in collaboration and engagement with children, young people and their parents and carers, as well as those that support them. Our aim is for Barnet to be the best place in London to raise aContinue reading
Have your say on improving the lives of children and young people in the borough.
We are consulting on a new revised plan to deliver improved outcomes for children and young people in Barnet. The draft plan outlines our ambition for the next four years on how we will help young people to excel and enjoy living in the borough.
The plan has been developed in collaboration and engagement with children, young people and their parents and carers, as well as those that support them. Our aim is for Barnet to be the best place in London to raise a child and for all children to thrive and achieve their potential – socially, emotionally, and academically.
What we are proposing
We remain committed to our vision of a family-friendly borough, where children and young people’s rights are respected: a place where the voices, needs, priorities and rights of children, and those who care for them, are considered and taken seriously as an integral part of public policy, programmes, and decision-making. It is important that all children, including the most vulnerable, have access to a good education, and are able to lead safe, happy and healthy lives. We have chosen to adopt four key drivers that underpin delivery of the plan based on feedback.
- Great partnerships: Participation and co-production
- Inclusion
- Great outcomes: Tackling the gap and fighting inequality
- Children and young people having fun.
Our ambition includes a wide scope of activity to deliver the outcomes identified. We intend to work together from now until the next plan by organising ourselves around four key themes stemming from our conversations with children, young people and parent carers as well as our own data and research. These are:
- Family and Belonging – supporting all our children, including those in care and care experienced young people, to live their lives successfully, to develop a sense of identity, improve wellbeing and to have fun and play
- Safe and Secure - ensuring that the most vulnerable are protected, safe and supported to make the best choices and to build trusted relationships
- Health and Wellbeing - supporting our children and young people to adopt healthy lifestyles to prevent avoidable illness and improve their social, physical and mental wellbeing, including through integrated health and social care
- Education and Skills – supporting children and young people to reach their educational and academic potential, by closing attainment gaps and reducing exclusion.
Your views are important to us
We want to hear your views on our proposals, in particular we want to hear from children, parents, carers, organisations, businesses and all other interested parties. To find out more please read our draft Children and Young People's plan.
How to have your say:
Complete our online questionnaire
We are keen to hear your views on our proposals and encourage you to have your say by completing our online questionnaire.
For any further information, or to request a questionnaire in an alternative format, please email lee.robinson@barnet.gov.uk or telephone 020 8359 7465. Alternatively, you can write to us at Children and Young People’s Draft Plan Consultation, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW
What happens after the consultation closes?
The council will use the consultation findings to inform our final decision. We will publish the results of the consultation, our decision and how we are acting on the results of the consultation on this web page in October 2023.
