Plymouth Children and Young People's Trust

Our vision is we want all our children to live, grow, achieve and exceed in their hopes for the future.

In particular our current priorities are:

• reduce health inequalities
• improve children and young people's mental health
• reduce bullying in the city, both in and out of school
• continue to strengthen safeguarding services
• reduce children and young people's accidents and injuries
• enable children and young people to have fun
• improve attainment for children and young people, in particular raise achievement, including Maths and English at all stages
• reduce risk-taking behaviours such as substance misuse, unprotected sex and criminal activities
• improve opportunities for young people to make a positive contribution
• raise young people's aspirations, with particular support for young people who are not in education, employment or training

The purpose of the Plymouth Children and Young People's Trust is to:

• provide strategic direction for the development of children's services in Plymouth, which will include commissioning and providing services
• provide leadership on the development of integrated services for children
• support the achievement of national and local agency targets by developing closer and linked ways of planning, delivery and improving services for children, young people and their families
• implement the priorities in the children's and young people's plan 2008 to 2011

Membership

Membership includes all statutory, community and voluntary organisations working with children and young people, Children’s Champions and Non-Executive Board Members of local health trusts. Parent carers and young people are also members of the partnership. There are links to partner websites on this page.

There is a Plymouth Children and Young People's Trust Board with a broad membership.

This consists of:

• Director for Children’s Services, Plymouth City Council
• Chief Executives of the Plymouth Primary Care Trust
• Director of Public Health
• Chief Superintendent of Devon and Cornwall Police
• Representatives from Plymouth National Health Service Hospitals Trust
• Members of Plymouth City Council
• Non Executive Directors from Primary Care Trust and Hospital Trust
• Representatives from the Voluntary and Community
• Parent and carer representatives

We have set up our Children and Young People's Board who represent the voice of all 0 to 19 year olds in Plymouth. In September, two of their members will be appointed to join the Board. The Plymouth Children and Young People's Trust Board has an executive group to support the work of the Board. Their membership is:

• Verity Jones - Assistant Director, Children’s Services, Plymouth City Council
• Maggie Carter - Assistant Director, Children’s Services, Plymouth City Council
• Mairead MacNeil - Assistant Director, Children’s Services, Plymouth City Council
• Colin Moore - Assistant Director, Children’s Services, Plymouth City Council
• Paul O’Sullivan - Director, Health Services for Children and Families
• Alison Mackenzie - Consultant in Public Health
• William Woyka - Voluntary Community Sector Representative, Chief Executive Routeways

Young people are represented through existing participation initiatives, which are co-ordinated through the Children and Young People’s Participation Forum.