Purpose

Present the outcomes of Sandwell Councils UNICEF UK Child Friendly Cities and Communities Discovery Phase and Badge Recommendations for agreement.

Decision

Resolved:-

(1)  that Cabinet endorses the Council’s continued commitment to becoming a Child Friendly borough, acknowledging the work undertaken so far representing the development of priority themes for our children, young people, families and communities;

(2)  that approval is given to the recommended priority themes of ‘Safe and Secure’, ‘Family and Belonging’ and ‘Equal and Included’;

(3)  that approval is given to the organisational priority themes of Communication, Culture, Leadership and Co-operation to support with the delivery of the programme;

(4)  that approval is given for the preparation and submission of an action plan to support the Development and Delivery phases of the programme and authority to approve the action plan to the Executive Director of Children and Education Services in consultation with the Assistant Chief Executive, the Cabinet Member for Children and Families and the Child Friendly Sandwell Member Working Group.