The following organisations are now partners in the Development Agency. Some of them have their own webpages.  Click on the links to find out about their work.

 

Newcastle - Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership	External link
Stockton - Children's Fund	External link
Tees Valley - CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)
Northumberland - CAMHS
Durham - CAMHS
Barnet - CAMHS
5 Boroughs (Wigan) - CAMHS
Liverpool - Children's Fund
Blackburn East - CAMHS
Suffolk - CAMHS
Cambridgeshire - County Council	External link

Investing in Children has a statement of underlying principles and expectations which all partners must sign up to. The Investing in Children Development Agency believes that:

Children and young people are citizens now;

• As citizens, they have the right to participate in decisions that effect them;
• This places a responsibility on agencies to open up their processes and engage children and young people in dialogue;
• Dialogue is different from consultation;
• Children and young people know about what is happening around them (what they have referred to as their ‘lived lives’).
• Dialogue should be aimed at bringing about improvements in their lived lives.
• The means of engaging children and young people must be inclusive and respect the democratic rights of all.

In becoming an IiC partner, we expect partners to be able to demonstrate that:

• There is a clear strategy for developing, publicising and sustaining dialogue with all children and young people who wish to be involved.
• Responsibility for children and young people’s participation is accepted collectively, across the partnership, and members of the partnership hold each other accountable for this.
• Children and young people are treated with respect and honesty, and their contribution is acknowledged as important.
• Children and young people have access to the agenda, and are able to initiate dialogue on issues identified by them.
• Key decision-makers make themselves available to talk and listen to children and young people
• Sufficient resources, including staff time, are committed to supporting children and young people to engage in dialogue.
• The process has resulted in change, recognised as significant by children and young people.