The following organisations are now partners in the Development Agency. Some of them have their own web pages on this website. Click on the links at the left to find out about their work with IiC. The 'external links' will take you to the website for their own organisations.

You can read reports from Development Agency Membership Evaluations.  Please note that Newcastle and County Durham have their own Membership pages. 

Current contracts
Newcastle - Children and Young People's Strategic Partnership	External link
Tees Valley - CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services)	External link
Northumberland - CAMHS	External link
Durham and Darlington CAMHS	External link
Barnet - CAMHS	External link
5 Boroughs Partnership - CAMHS	External link
Liverpool - Children's Fund	External link
East Lancashire - CAMHS	External link
Suffolk CAMHS	External link
National Youth Agency (NYA)	External link
UNICEF (Rights Respecting Schools Award)	External link
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
NHS South of Tyne & Wear
Hull City Council
Durham 14-19 Partnership
Other partners where we carry out Membership and/or project work
Isle of Man	External link
MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives) North East	External link
Individual Agencies who are eligible for Membership

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.