13 #YES (Youth Engagement Strategy) PDF 569 KB
[To approve the Positive Engagement Strategy to provide a coordinated approach to opportunities for children and young people to engage positively]
Additional documents:
Decision:
1. That the Youth Engagement Strategy, #YES, and the priorities identified by our children and young people (CYP) be endorsed.
2. That funding be approved to deliver #YES including:
· A new, city-wide youth engagement team to better connect CYP to opportunities.
· A new fund for CYP to co-produce activities and events.
· Better access to information and signposting for CYP and families.
Minutes:
Councillor John Reynolds presented for approval a new Youth Engagement Strategy (#YES), developed with the views of 12,000 city children and young people (CYP) at its heart. Implementation of #YES would promote wellbeing, better connect young people to the city and give them a voice in shaping future opportunities. The Strategy also set out the funding required to drive the strategy forward as part of a wider plan to deliver a better deal for CYP in Wolverhampton.
Resolved
1. That the Youth Engagement Strategy, #YES, and the priorities identified by our children and young people (CYP) be endorsed.
2. That funding be approved to deliver #YES including:
· A new, city-wide youth engagement team to better connect CYP to opportunities.
· A new fund for CYP to co-produce activities and events.
· Better access to information and signposting for CYP and families