Aims and outcomes
Every Child Matters: Change for Children is a new approach to the
well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19.
The Government's aim is for every child, whatever their background
or their circumstances, to have the support they need to:
This means that the organisations
involved with providing services to children - from hospitals and
schools, to police and voluntary groups - will be teaming up in new
ways, sharing information and working together, to protect children
and young people from harm and help them achieve what they want in
life. Children and young people will have far more say about issues
that affect them as individuals and collectively.
Over the next few
years, every local authority will be working with its partners,
through children's trusts, to find out what works best for children
and young people in its area and act on it. They will need to involve
children and young people in this process, and when inspectors assess
how local areas are doing, they will listen especially to the views of
children and young people themselves. In March 2005, the first
Children's Commissioner for England was appointed, to give children
and young people a voice in government and in public life. The
Commissioner will pay particular attention to gathering and putting
forward the views of the most vulnerable children and young people in
society, and will promote their involvement in the work of
organisations whose decisions and actions affect them.
In addition,
the Children's Fund was launched in November 2000 to tackle
disadvantage among children and young people. The programme aims to
identify at an early stage children and young people at risk of social
exclusion, and make sure they receive the help and support they need
to achieve their potential.
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