Integrated Youth Strategy

The Integrated Youth Strategy promoties effective joint working with key partners to raise aspirations and attainment of children and young people. It brings together a range of service areas to plan, design and subsequently deliver improved quality services for all young people in the city.

Integrated Youth Strategy 2007- 2009 (Draft) (pdf, 258.7kb)

How is the Integrated Youth Strategy managed?

The Newcastle Integrated Youth Services Transformation Programme Board manages four discrete projects:

Targeted youth support
Positive activities
Volunteering
The transformation of Newcastle youth service
Information, advice and guidance

In addition it oversees additional themes:

Participation and engagement
Progression

The following provides an overview of the Integrated Youth Strategy Programme governance structure which reports to the Children's Services Directorate Programme Board on a bi-monthly basis.

IYS programme board governance structure (pdf, 12.8kb)

Key responsibilities of the programme board

The existing Integrated Youth Strategy Partnership will serve as the Programme Board. Membership of this group has been revised to include the Programme Executive (Ruth Rogan, Head of Children and Young People in the Community); the Project Managers (as set out in the governance structure) and the Programme and Project Assurance representatives (some still to be confirmed).

Integrated Youth Strategy (IYS) Conference 2007

Youth Matters - Next Steps Integrated Youth Strategy (IYS) Conference was held at Springfield Centre May 2007. Statutory and voluntary sector delegates contributed to the development and shaping of the IYS Action Plan.

Integrated Youth Support - (138 Kb ppt)

Presentation - Newcastle Integrated Youth Strategy - (35.7 Kb ppt)

Conference Workshops - May 2007

Led by 5 facilitators workshop groups were an integral part of the conference. Delegates were presented with three key questions by facilitators Carole Barnes, Rachel Slade, Louise Appleby, Janette Brown and Jayne Moules.

Workshop - Carole Barnes (32 Kb Pdf)

Workshop - Rachel Slade (48 Kb Pdf)

Workshop Janette Brown (24 Kb Pdf)

Workshop - Jayne Moules (56 Kb Pdf)

Workshop - Louise Appleby (59 Kb Pdf)

Delegate Feedback (3704 Kb)