Council seeking feedback on its plan for young people
Monday, 12 August 2024
We are updating our Children and Young People's Plan, and are seeking feedback from children, young people, parents, carers and professionals who work with children.
The current Children and Young People's Plan runs from 2022 to 2025. It outlines five priorities to ensure that every child in Central Bedfordshire has the best possible start to life and explains how services work together to support young people to have high aspirations and reach their goals.
We are now beginning work to update the plan for 2025 to 2028, working closely with Bedfordshire, Luton, and Milton Keynes Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), East London Foundation Trust (ELFT), Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS), SNAP Parent Carer Forum, and Bedfordshire Police.
As part of this, it has launched three questionnaires – one for children and young people, one for parents and carers, and a third for professionals who work with children. The questionnaires aim to find out what is important to children and young people and what support they might need, and whether the current priorities in the plan are still fit for purpose or should change.
Councillor Steve Owen, Executive Member for Children and Families, said:
The needs of young people are constantly evolving, and to ensure we can offer the right support to them, we need to ensure our plans reflect their needs. As we start to think about our Children and Young People's Plan for the next three years, it’s important we seek input to ensure it remains relevant and effective. That’s why we are asking parents, carers, and professionals to have their say, as well as young people.
The closing date is Sunday 8 September 2024.
We will use feedback from the survey to develop a draft of the 2025-28 Children and Young People's Plan. When that's complete, likely to be in the winter, we will hold a consultation to gather further feedback.