Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the Medway Children and Young People’s Plan. The report stated that the Plan set a shared vision for everyone working with children and young people in Medway. It stated that the vision was for Medway to have a child-focussed future in which all children and young people would be ‘thriving, healthy and learning well’. The Plan focussed on the three key outcomes:

·         Thriving in our community;

·         A healthy start;

·         Learning well.

The report set out details of the consultation process, as set out in section 8 of the report.

The Plan was considered by the Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 25 July 2019 and the Health and Wellbeing Board on 5 November 2019, details of which were set out in sections 4 and 5 of the report respectively.

A Diversity Impact Assessment had been undertaken on the Plan, details of which were set out in Appendix 5 to the report.

Reasons:

The Medway Children and Young People’s Plan sets key strategic priorities for partnership action to improve outcomes for Medway’s children and young people and help them achieve their potential. It maintains Medway Council’s momentum in promoting good practice as well as its commitment to ensuring a child-focused future for Medway. Central to this is that the Council helps Medway’s children and young people to be “Thriving, Healthy and Learn Well”.