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Our Goals

We’ve developed our goals as a result of listening to children and young people and families. These are the things we are committed to working together to achieve. You can find out more about what actions we’re going to take to make these improvements on our website www..gov.uk/children

Be Healthy Enjoy and achieve Achieve Economic Goal 1 - Each baby has the healthiest Goal 6 - Each child and every young Wellbeing possible start to life person is helped to achieve their Goal 11 - Each child and every learning potential through high Goal 2 - Each child and every young young person is supported to quality education person is able to make healthy choices become confident, informed, Goal 7 - Each child and every young educated and skilled The following organisations are available to provide advice and support: Goal 3 - Each child and every young person is able to participate in a range person has access to the services they Goal 12 - Regeneration in Thurrock Parent Partnership: 01708 859692 [email protected] of leisure activities need when they need them has a positive impact on the lives Thurrock Racial Unity Support Taskgroup: 01375 385316 [email protected] and opportunities of children and young people Citizens Advice Bureau: 0870 126 4034 [email protected] Open Door: 01375 413740 [email protected] Stay Safe Positive Children’s Information Service: 01375 652801 [email protected] Goal 4 - Each child and every young Contribution Connexions 01375 413735 [email protected] person is able to feel and be safe in South Rape and Incest Crisis Centre (SERICC): 01375 380609 their early years setting, at school, and Goal 8 - Each child and every young in their local area person is able to share in shaping Other organisations can be found on our online Directory of Services www.askthurrock.org.uk Each Child services Goal 5 - Each child and every young Every Young Person person is protected from harm or Goal 9 - Each child and every young The following are members of the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership, and have contributed neglect and supported to remain with person lives free from crime, bullying to the development and cost of this Plan: and harassment All Agencies their own family wherever possible Thurrock Council: Children, Education and Families, South West Essex PCT, Essex Police, Essex Fire Service, Goal 10 - Each child and every young Essex, Southend and Thurrock Connexions, Essex Learning and Skills Council, Probation Service, person can engage in activities that Thurrock Racial Unity Support Taskgroup, Ngage, positively contribute to the communities Thurrock Council for Voluntary Services, Open Door, Thurrock and College, Palmers College, in Thurrock and improve their Our Plan of Brentwood, Diocese of self esteem Children and Young In addition there are representatives of: Young people, Parents and carers, Headteachers, School Governors, Local business, Community Involvement Board People’s Plan 2007-2010 0225 Childplan6pp v5.qxd 7/31/07 12:47 PM Page 4

Welcome How it feels...

to the Thurrock Children ...To live in Thurrock and Young People’s Plan:

Better & Better We need more regular visits from “ school nurses to give us advice ” Introduction and guidance about our health Year 6 Pupil, Bulphan Primary School

I think that if this I am delighted to Thurrock is an It is good that there is a vision in the plan for my “plan is achieved as “see this plan up and “exciting place in “ future. However what I want to know is what hoped, Thurrock can running as it is very which to live and you are going to do and how you are going to look forward to a important to me and grow up; the future ” more progressive every other young is very bright! All of make sure that the priorities for my future are and improved person in Thurrock. the organisations The message shouldn’t be things I can achieve and not just read about community. It has the potential within the Children “ ‘Do better at school and then Key Stage 4 Pupil, This plan has been to affect every and Young ” you can move out of Thurrock’ School Council at Chafford Hundred Campus It identifies our goals and priorities for The plan will be delivered by the Children ‘youth proofed’ single child in People’s Strategic The children and young Parent, developing and improving services for all and Young People’s Strategic by a volunteered Thurrock and it is Partnership are people in Thurrock, group ensuring great to have determined to ensure children and young people in Thurrock Partnership (CYPSP) which is the group working with adults and that it's not only accessible by strategies, which target all children and that each child and every young person in over the next 3 years. It also says what of services dedicated to meeting the adults but young people too. ” young people and ultimately help them. Thurrock is healthy, stays safe, is able to staff from across all our we are going to do to achieve our goals. needs of children and young people Jacqui Sweeney I am also delighted to see that the enjoy and achieve and can make a Thurrock should promote activities that are available more. partner agencies are determined to positive contribution in their lives. We Chair of Youth Cabinet services and partners The plan is relevant for every child and in Thurrock. improve life for children in Thurrock and also want children, young people and “ And they need to aim some of that at parents to encourage young person from before birth to 19 that improving the services they provide their families in Thurrock to prosper and them to get their children involved. Parents are potentially have produced the You can find a fuller version of this plan ” years old, because it covers all the for children is being taken so seriously. benefit from the planned regeneration of very important and very powerful Thurrock Children and and details of the actions we are going What is more; Thurrock’s Youth Cabinet the Thurrock local area. services provided for them. For some ” Young Person from the Zeal Youth Magazine Group to take to deliver our goals on our have played a part in its creation and it is Mike Fall Young People’s Plan young people, who may have learning an important step which sees the youth There has been a bit of a breakdown in the website www.thurrock.gov.uk/children Chair of the Children and for 2007-10. difficulties or who may have a care of Thurrock getting involved in matters “ interaction and communication between along with other supporting documents. which will directly affect them. Young People’s Strategic Partnership young people and older generations. We’ve background, this plan will help them ” Board beyond 19 into early adulthood up to If you have any questions, Sam Girling got to address some of the stereotyping of Member of Youth Cabinet the age of 25. you can email us on: In the parks and play areas, young people which affects the respect” [email protected] “ most of the things are difficult for older people have for our generation “ Children, young “ This plan speaks young people with wheelchairs Key Stage 4 School Council Member, people and lifelong of a new and to use. We need to think about Gable Hall School learning have long exciting phase in been a priority for the development of them as well when we are the Council. We quality provision for designing new parks ” know that this is our children and Year 10 Pupil at Beacon Hill shared by all of the young people and Special School Someone needs to deal with partners and by all the opportunities “ racism and with bullying ” of you within our are enormous. community. This We will review the Primary School Pupil Comment in plan explains how we plan each year to test Annual On-Line TellUs Survey will deliver on this priority and achieve our progress, to check resource levels our ambitions. The plan speaks for all and to reinvest in our ambitions, and Schools should always try children: those from minority ethnic regularly publish on our website “ to be good, and not just communities, recent arrivals to Thurrock, www.thurrock.gov.uk/children evidence There is a need to tackle any when they get inspected ” those who have been in Thurrock all their of our progress and successes and the “ anti-social behaviour and Member of St Clements lives, the most vulnerable of our young changes that we will be incorporating vandalism in the local area. people, and the most able, talented and as the plan grows ” Church Youth Club, age 6 gifted of our young people. We do not Julien Kramer We need to make spaces want any child or young person to be Director of Children’s Services/ especially for teenagers and excluded. ” Children and Young People’s to give them ‘graffiti walls’ Councillor Mike Revell Strategic Executive Chair and encourage them to use Lead Member for Children’s them instead Services, Thurrock Council ” School Council Member, Stifford Clays Junior School