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Cumbria’s Vision for

Integrated Youth Support Services

To provide every young person in Cumbria access to high quality effective leisure-time, activities and support services to enabling and empowering them to meet their full potential during their transition to adulthood.

For a full copy of the Visioning Document:

Click HERE

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Message from Moira Swann

Every Child Matters Outcomes Framework –

Old to new indicators and responsibility

for collecting data

Click on this link to download a revised Every Child Matters Framework that has been made available by the DCSF. This is extremely helpful in identifying our priorities as a children's services directorate together with our partners, it builds upon the original outcomes and aims yet sets out indicators in greater detail than the 2005 framework. The framework provides a very good summary of issues set out in the DCSF Children's Plan.

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MYPLACE – Big Lottery

Process for applications for Cumbria based projects

This process aims to ensure that funding applications to MYPLACE relate to schemes that support Cumbria’s Children’s Trust vision, mission and values and that bids are given the best chance for success. Chris Reeve will be the lead officer responsible for projects based in Cumbria: chris.reeve@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Background

MYPLACE is an opportunity to improve places to go for young people, respond to local need; demonstrate partnership working; ensure robust management and leadership arrangements; ensure development is part of a strategic approach, whilst striving for excellence in building design, accessibility and sustainability.

The views, aspirations and needs of young people should drive the development of the strategy, helping to increase their stake in their community, and give a sense of ownership. Young people need to active participants in making decisions about new and improved places to go and the services offered to them.

Information and Application forms: myplace and http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_myplace_leaflet.pdf

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What’s going on in the CYSS project teams:

Integrated Systems and Processes

Work is now complete on a Draft Tier 2 information sharing protocol. This will be taken to the next CYSS Project Board meeting in June to gain approval/sign up. This will then be followed by a workshop for stakeholders to develop Tier 3 – Operational Arrangement sharing protocols.

The work around the development of systems and processes for CYSS continues. Investigation into developing a IYSS system using a current Children’s Services package is being undertaken, and we await preliminary findings on viability. Any system developed must comply with the Deloitte high level requirements, architecture and road map (Dec 2006).

Targeted Youth Support (TYS), Carlisle Pilot

Update May 2008

Things really seem to be moving with the TYS Pilot in Carlisle. After what was an initially slow response from stakeholders, the Local Planning Group have grasped the TYS agenda and are working to identify their priorities and link these to the Local Delivery Plan.

Within the Pilot area the ‘Focus on Friday’ initiative got a really positive response from the Neighbourhood forum. The forum is proposing to support a youth activity day during the summer holidays where young people will have the opportunity to express their thoughts about services.

An excellent workshop session was held, with wide representation, looking at the Police response to reports of Anti Social Behaviour by young people. It is expected that a response that has previously been singe-agency will become multi-agency engagement seeking to direct young people towards more positive activities while working with communities to address their concerns.

Those who attended contributed to a lively and really productive debate – an excellent example of TYS planning in action.

Our thanks to all!

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What is happening around the commissioning of services

from April 2009 onwards?

The commissioning process is under way for the procurement of services through Cumbria Youth Support Services. There is a Stakeholder event on Monday 23 June 2008 at The Eden Room, Newton Rigg, Penrith from 7:00 until 9:00pm for current CYSS providers.

At this event we will provide information on the process behind the tendering of Cumbria Youth Support Services.

This will be followed at a later date by a supplier engagement day, facilitated through Corporate Procurement to look at the service specifications. This meeting will be open to all interested parties.

Date and venue TBC.

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Youth Work Provider Forum

Meeting Dates for 2008

Provider Forums in all Areas will take place:

Week beginning 26 May 2008

Week beginning 1 September 2008

Week beginning 1 December 2008

For further details on times and venues please contact your local Youth Work Development Co-ordinator.

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For guidelines for both funds click HERE

The Youth Opportunity Fund (YOF) gives young people aged 13-19 the power to decide how money is spent on their behalf so that they can start their own projects to improve the activities available to them in their local area and help other young people in their community. What kind of project the young people come up with is up to them.

Click to download an Application form

The Youth Capital Fund (YCF) works in a similar way to the YOF but, instead of being to pay the salaries of staff and equipment for clubs and other activities, this money will be to create or enhance facilities such as buildings or outdoor spaces. As with the YOF, young people will get the opportunity to be involved in the decision making process so that they can have their say on what the funds should be spent on.

Click on this link to download the YCF application form.

For more information about the Youth Opportunity or Youth Capital Funds, please contact Kath Calvert on 01768 24 2071 or email on kath.calvert@cumbriacc.gov.uk

Following new guidance there has been some changes to the YOF/YCF guidelines and application form.

There will be two closing dates for the year 2008/2009. These will be Wednesday 11th June 2008 and Wednesday 29th October 2008.

Youth Opportunities Fund and Youth Capital Funds

The closing date for the next round of the Youth Opportunity Fund and the Youth Capital Fund is 29^th October.

 The grant is available to benefit groups of young people aged 13 -19 (or up to and including 24 if  the young people are living with a disability)

Young people apply for the grants which are considered  by panels of young people