10 Priorities of the Children & Young People's Plan
The Children & Young People's Plan contains ten priorities for improving outcomes for children and young people in Blackpool which have been endorsed by Blackpool Children’s Trust.
These priorities have been developed through needs assessment, joint planning processes and engagement and consultation undertaken with children and young people and people who work with children and young people.
Blackpool Children and Young People’s Plan intends that Blackpool’s children and young people
should be enabled to:
Be Healthy
1. Lead healthier lifestyles, particularly by maintaining a healthy weight, resisting substance
and alcohol misuse and gaining in resilience through improved emotional well-being
2. Become increasingly mature with regard to sexual relationships, able to protect themselves,
avoid teenage pregnancy and to resist exploitation
Stay Safe
3. Be protected from maltreatment, neglect, violence and exploitation with particular reference
to that resulting from domestic abuse and substance/alcohol misuse in families
4. Be safe from and choose not to engage in bullying, discrimination, crime and anti-social
behaviour, both inside and outside school
Enjoy and Achieve 5. Make good educational progress with a particular emphasis on mathematics and on overall
performance for those in the Foundation Stage and in Key Stage 4
6. Overcome any barriers to achievement (especially for Looked After Children and those with
complex needs) so as to be able to achieve more in line with their peers
7. Enjoy strong family support for their aspirations and achievement
Make a Positive Contribution
8. Access wider opportunities locally which develop self esteem, self confidence and prepare
young people for responsible adulthood
Achieve Economic Well-being
9. Overcome the impact of poverty through effective partnership working which both addresses
immediate needs and contributes to the wider economic regeneration of the town
10 Progress to educational achievement at levels 2 and 3, employment and/or training which
enables them to become economically self-sufficient as young adults and future parents
To view the full Children and Young People's Plan 2009-2012
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