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THEMES
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Supporting Communities
Key Issue 3:
Young People need support to involve, enable and sustain them, in issues that
affect them.
Aim:
Involving young people in local decision making.
| Objective: |
| Ensure young people have appropriate opportunities to be
part of local decision making processes. |
| Action |
- Continue the development and implementation of the Special Project
to Implement Children’s’ Elections (SPICE) project.
- Support and expand the Derwentside Youth Forum.
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| Lead Partner |
| Derwentside District Council, LSP, Community Network |
| Impact by 2010 |
- Derwentside Youth Forum formally represented on the LSP.
- All Community Partnerships will have a mechanism for involving young
people.
- Increase in % of young people who feel they can influence decisions
in their area.
- Young people will have a say in how resources are utilised to engage
with them.
- “Youth in Derwentside” Newsletter produced by young people twice a
year.
- Increase of 18-24 year olds voting in District and National
elections.
- Young people are involved in all local decision making structures
both at a neighbourhood and District level.
- Increase in resources allocated to engage young people in
Derwentside.
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