Category Children, Young People and Families Plan

Young people urged to have their say on Somerset’s transport future

23 March 2023 · by · in Active Travel, bus services, Children, Young People and Families Plan, Cllr Tessa Munt, Councillor Mike Rigby, cycle routes, cycling, Democracy, Families and Children, health and wellbeing, transport

Somerset County Council has launched a survey to capture the views of young people across the county on the future of transport. The survey was complied with the help of the Somerset Youth Parliament and their deputies who belong to the UK-wide group representing the voices of young people. The survey is on Somerset’s Commonplace […]

Stopping child sexual abuse is in our hands

18 March 2023 · by · in Children, Young People and Families Plan, Cllr Tessa Munt, Councillor Tessa Munt, Families and Children, Press releases, youth services

Child Protection professionals in Somerset unite today on 18 March for Stop Child Exploitation Day 2023, joining the national #HelpingHands campaign to #EndCSEin23. Professionals across the county have shared their pledges to end child exploitation in the following video, which has been shared on social media. SOMERSET SAYS NO TO CHILD EXPLOITATION – YouTube Stop […]

Have your say in the School Term Dates and Holidays Consultation  

21 February 2023 · by · in Children, Young People and Families Plan, Cllr Tessa Munt, Consultations, education, Families and Children, Schools, Uncategorized

Somerset’s residents have been invited to have their say on proposed school holiday, term and staff training dates for Voluntary Controlled and Community Schools for the next two years.   Somerset County Council has published two separate consultations: one for the 2024/25 academic year and one for the 2025/26 academic year. Both consultations are open to the […]

Smoking in pregnancy needs to be treated as an addiction and not a lifestyle choice, say Somerset midwives

1 February 2023 · by · in Children, Young People and Families Plan, families, Families and Children, health and wellbeing, Health Protection, Press releases, Public Health

Smoking in pregnancy is a sensitive issue which needs to be treated as an addiction and not a lifestyle choice, according to health care professionals in Somerset. Recent statistics suggest that 10% of babies delivered in the county are born to pregnant smokers – bringing a wide range of potential complications and health impacts and […]

Children and young people help shape the new Children and Young People’s Plan for Somerset.

19 July 2022 · by · in adoption, Children, Young People and Families Plan, domestic abuse, education, families, Families and Children, fostering, Prevention, Schools, SEND, Social Care

Children and young people from across the county have helped shaped Somerset’s new Children and Young People’s Plan, providing a link between what children have asked us to do and partners strategic priorities. The Children’s and Young People Plan has been co-produced by the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership with children and young people and strategic […]

Young people help shape future Somerset Children’s Services

12 July 2022 · by · in Children, Young People and Families Plan, Cllr Tessa Munt, Families and Children, Latest information, Press releases

Young people across the county have helped shaped Somerset’s new Children and Young People’s Plan, setting out how key issues such as mental health, climate change, sexual health, harassment and more will affect young people. Approved by Somerset County Council’s Executive on Monday 11 July, the Children’s and Young People Plan 2022-24 has been developed […]

Food Vouchers return for Jubilee half term

27 May 2022 · by · in Children, Young People and Families Plan, families, health and wellbeing, Press releases, Public Health, Schools

 Somerset County Council is once again working with schools to provide food vouchers to families eligible for Free School Meals to combat holiday hunger over the Jubilee half-term next week. Somerset is using approximately £150,000 from the Government’s Household Support Fund to fund food vouchers for children eligible for Free School Meals over the Jubilee […]

Care experienced young people help shape corporate parents pledge

25 March 2022 · by · in Children, Young People and Families Plan, fostering, Latest information, Press releases, Social Care

Somerset Corporate Parenting Board have unveiled a new strategy and pledge to Somerset’s Children Looked After, with the help of care experienced children and young people.  The new Corporate Parenting Strategy sets out Somerset County Council’s guidelines and aims as corporate parents, for how they will support young people in care to help them reach […]

Your Somerset – Winter 2021

13 December 2021 · by · in Adult Social Care, bus services, Children, Young People and Families Plan, Cllr David Fothergill, Consultations, Coronavirus, Democracy, domestic abuse, Duke of Edinburgh, economic development, Environment, families, Families and Children, finance, fostering, health and wellbeing, Libraries, Public Health, Recruitment, Social Care, Trudi Grant, Your Somerset

Check out the latest edition of Your Somerset – out now… Your Somerset is delivered to households across Somerset, three times a year and contains news and information about the Council’s services and campaigns and projects that the County Council and our partners are involved in. The Winter 2021 issue is packed full of useful information […]

Your Somerset – Autumn 2021

13 September 2021 · by · in Adult Social Care, bus services, Children, Young People and Families Plan, Cllr David Fothergill, Consultations, Coronavirus, Democracy, domestic abuse, Duke of Edinburgh, economic development, Environment, families, Families and Children, finance, fostering, health and wellbeing, Libraries, Public Health, Recruitment, Social Care, Trudi Grant, Your Somerset

Check out the latest edition of Your Somerset – out now… Your Somerset is delivered to households across Somerset, three times a year and contains news and information about the Council’s services and campaigns and projects that the County Council and our partners are involved in. You can download and read the most recent edition of […]

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