07 October 2008
Young People's Action Plan 2006
The Young People's Action Plan sets out what we are going to do for children and young people living in the Sevenoaks District.
The Plan is a Partnership document and cannot be delivered without the valuable input of our Partners in the voluntary and statutory sectors and there are lots of different organisations signed up to help us.
Local young people will be involved throughout the Plan but specifically in the 6 monthly monitoring and evaluation of the actions.
In order to find out what was important to local young people, almost 9000 questionnaires were sent out to schools and youth groups and we had 2158 completed questionnaires returned. That's 14% of the young people living in the Sevenoaks District and a really extensive consultation.
We also talked to groups of young people in focus groups around the District to get even more information resulting in over 2200 children and young people being involved. The actions in the Plan aim to respond to the answers given by the children and young people and also fit in with national and local plans set out by the Government and organisations like Kent County Council and also plans developed by other teams within Sevenoaks District Council.
We think that young people should be involved in the Plan and with Council services as a whole and have adopted the Hear by Right Shared Values to help the Council to provide a better platform for engaging with young people. We will be progressing these standards as the Plan develops and involving young people in service planning, delivery, monitoring and evaluation.
More information about the results of the consultation and to find out how the Plan fits into local and national policy can be found by downloading the first part of the Action Plan, called What it's all about... (
PDF 2231K file details).
The second part of the Action Plan is called What we are going to do... ( PDF 2967K file details). It sets out the actions for 2006-7 and lists who will help us to deliver them and will also tell you how these actions will be monitored. This part of the Plan will be looked at each year to make sure the Plan stays up to date.
The Plan is split into three sections
The Young People's Action Plan - What we are going to do… was written using information and ideas from over 2200 young people in the Sevenoaks District and we want as many young people as possible to continue to be involved and make your voices heard loud and clear!
The Project Team will be involved in monitoring the plan by visiting projects and talking directly to the people providing services for local children and young people. They will also be selecting projects to check they are offering a good quality service and running activities that local children and young people want.
If you would like to come to find out more about the Team and meet other people interested in getting involved, please email youthmail@sevenoaks.gov.uk or call 01732 227492.
Alternatively, For more info - send a text starting with the word 'Team' then your name to 07799 732 732 and someone will get back to you.
If you would like to join the Team, you need to be aged 12 or over and live in the Sevenoaks District. You must also be willing to give a few hours to the project for training and visits to clubs, projects and services. The team have created their own page on the Council's website and fedback to Sevenoaks District Councillors what they think of activities for young people.
If you've got an inquisitive mind, enjoy asking questions and want to have a say in services designed for young people then get in touch! Email youthmail@sevenoaks.gov.uk!
Please make sure you tell us:
Celebrating Young People Conference
The Action Plan was launched on 16th March 2006 at a conference 'Celebrating Young People' in the Sevenoaks District. The event was held at the Wildernesse School in Sevenoaks and more than 160 adults and young people attended and took part either on stage or at one of the stalls and displays in the hall.
A full review and photos from the day are on the Celebrating Young People Conference page
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For information on upcoming events and activities and news on the Action Plan, just send a text with the words JOIN YPAP to 07799 732 732 subscribe online.
You will receive an acknowledgement saying: "You have been subscribed to the YPAP Mailing List. To unsubscribe reply LEAVE YPAP. For help please contact Sevenoaks District Council on 01732 227000".
You can leave the list at any time - just send a text saying LEAVE YPAP to 07799 732 732 and you will be unsubscribed. When you unsubscribe, you will receive an acknowledgement saying, "You have been unsubscribed from the YPAP Mailing List. To re-subscribe reply JOIN YPAP. For help contact Sevenoaks District Council on 01732 227000".
You will be charged by your network operator at your normal SMS text rate for the JOIN YPAP or LEAVE YPAP messages, but you will not be charged for the acknowledgements or any subsequent messages sent to you. You can also subscribe via the SDC website, and can subscribe or unsubscribe by calling SDC on 01732 227000.
Youthmail
If you have any other comments to make on the Action Plan or any other topic that interests you, you can contact us on the Youthmail, an e-mail service that gives you an opportunity to speak out. If you have something to say - let us know!
