CYP Policy at a Glance
We hope this selection of recent and relevant policy documents is useful. Please contact us to suggest additions!
Policy in Lewisham
- Lewisham Children and Young People's Plan 2009-12
- Lewisham Sustainable Community Strategy (Summary)
- Lewisham's Local Area Agreement: targets and current performance
- Lewisham Compact
Children and Young People: General
- Every Child Matters Outcomes Poster 2008
- Children's Plan 2007: Useful factsheets
- The Children's Plan One Year On 2009
- United we Stand: A Voluntary and Community Sector Manifesto for London's Children and Young People, 2010
- Department for Children, Families and Schools website
Children's Trusts
Safeguarding Children and Young People
- Lord Laming Review 2009 (ordered in response to Baby P tragedy)
- Government Action Plan in Response to Laming Review
- The Safe Network
- Lewisham Safeguarding Children
- London Safeguarding Children Board
- Pan London Common Assessment Framework Protocol
- ContactPoint
- For practical advice see our page Support with Safeguarding.
Commissioning
- Commissioning Guidelines - A Lewisham Compact Code of Practice
- National Audit Office Successful Commissioning Guidance
Children's Centres, Childcare and Extended Services
- How Well are they Doing? OFSTED's 2008 report on national impact of Children's Centres and Extended Services
- Together for Children: Children's Centres
- Extended Services: the Government Prospectus
Youth Support Services
Children with Disabilities
- Aiming High for Disabled Children
- Every Disabled Child Matters
- Aiming High in Lewisham
- Aiming High Pilot Services in Lewisham, 2010
Anti-Bullying
Children and Young People's Participation
Children's Rights
- UN Convention on Children's Rights (UN CRC) - useful summary
- UN CRC, Every Child Matters and children's rights policy developments in the UK
- Children's Rights Alliance for England
- Children's Rights Bill
- Rights and Responsibilities Green Paper
Child Poverty
- Campaign to End Child Poverty
- Child Poverty in Lewisham - data
- Lewisham's Child Poverty Pledge
- National developments on the Child Poverty Bill, 2009
Children's Health
- Healthy Lives, Brighter Futures - National Child Health Strategy 2009
- 'Health, Wellbeing and Care': Lewisham's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 2009
- NHS Lewisham Children's Health Profile
Children's Mental and Emotional Health and Wellbeing
- DCSF guidance on mental and emotional health support
- Lewisham Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Kaleidoscope: Lewisham Centre for Children and Young People
Teenage Pregnancy, Parenthood and Sexual Health
- Sex and Relationships Education Guidance - national consultation
- Teenage Pregnancy Project in Lewisham
- The Young Foundation's 2009 Research on Teenage Pregnancy in Lewisham
- Lewisham Teenage Pregnancy, Parenthood and Sexual Health Action Plan 2008-10
14 - 19 Strategy
- DCSF 14 - 19 Reform
- New funding arrangements for 16-19 provision - implications for Lewisham
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
Children's Workforce Development
- Children's Workforce Development Council
- NCVYS Introduction to Workforce Development
- 2020 Children and Young People's Workforce Strategy
Play
- National Play Strategy 2008
- London Play website
- Briefing papers on Play policy
- Lewisham Open Space policy
- Report to Mayor on Play Builder Progress and Plans 2009
Youth Offending and Justice
- London Criminal Justice Partnership - includes updates on Lewisham projects including Triage and the MARAC
- Lewisham Youth Offending Service
- Restorative Justice in Lewisham
- Youth Justice Board
