Introduction

We are ambitious for all of our children and families in Cumberland. We want our children to live, work and play in a community where they are able to grow, thrive, be safe, have a voice and flourish.

The Children and Young People’s Partnership boards bring together representatives from the different agencies across Cumberland who work with children, young people and their families. The Partnerships agree the priorities and seek to understand the most important issues and problems faced by children, young people and families in Cumberland. More importantly, we agree how we are going to face the issues and seek solutions by working together through respectful and restorative challenge by holding each other to account.

In Cumberland, we want to ensure we are undertaking our duties and commitments to the best of our abilities. We celebrate success together but when things are not going well, we explore and learn, while seeking to continually improve. The Partnerships think together and act together in order to the drive the change that will deliver better outcomes for children, young people and their families.

While all partners have their own statutory duties, we know that by working together in genuine and effective partnership across the whole of our system, we can add significant value to each other’s work, resulting in better support for those who need it most. Our Children and Young People’s Plan seeks to bring about the strategic changes needed that will enable us to meet the needs of our children and young people.