Calderdale is a place where most children and young people thrive, succeed, and enjoy their childhood. They have access to good childcare and nursery provision and to a range of good schools where they are able to achieve and prosper.

They live in communities where the quality of life is generally good and improving.

However this is not the case for all our children and young people. There is a small minority of children, young people and families for whom there is a different and less positive reality. In areas of disadvantage, some of them very localised, children and young people have much less opportunity to achieve their potential.

Our ambition is that all Calderdale's children and young people are given the opportunity to thrive and succeed and to enjoy growing up in a safe, secure, healthy and economically prosperous environment. This needs to be seen in the context of children and young people as part of families, and of families as part of communities.

The key challenges to be addressed for children and young people are: the variation in health inequalities; prevention and early intervention to protect those at risk; improvements in attainment levels within some geographical communities and communities of interest; support for those at risk of offending; support for children and young people to take up opportunities to participate in decision-making; and improvements in attainment levels for 19 year olds.

More Information
Details of the Children and Young People Theme Partnership meetings can be found in the Calendar of Meetings.

Agendas, minutes, and papers for these meetings can be found here.  Links to other documents and research relevant to this theme can also be found in Documents.

For further information about this theme, please contact Kay Hobson, Partnership Support Officer for the Children and Young People theme of the Local Area Agreement.

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