Every Child Matters in Reading - Our Children's Trust

Every Child Matters - Change for Children is a new approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19.

The Government’s aim is for every child, whatever their background or circumstances, to have the support they need to: 

• Be healthy 
• Stay safe 
• Enjoy and achieve 
• Make a positive contribution 
• Achieve economic well-being

To make sure that we make things better for all Children and Young people in Reading, we have a Children's Trust. This Trust consists of a wide range of organisations involved in providing services for children and young people. Reading Children's Trust has a vision to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families by providing better co-ordinated services and by working better together.

The Trust is currently working on a range of key initiatives that will improve services for children and young people in Reading. These include: 

• Reviewing how and where services are provided (Locality Working) and provision of Extended Schools and Children’s Centres 
• Improved information sharing across services for children and young people (CAF, ISA and ContactPoint - formerly known as Information Sharing Index)

You can find further information about the Trust in the sections listed at the top left of this page. Further information about the vision and aims of the Trust can be found in Reading’s Children and Young People’s Plan which is available to download below.

Article		Description
	Planning Services to Support Vulnerable Children	How are we identifying and protecting children at risk of poor outcomes later in life?

Downloads

PDF

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File	Type	Size	Download Time
Structure of Reading Children's Trust	PDF	175 KB	56Kbps Modem: 44 Seconds Broadband : 3 Seconds
Reading Children and Young People's Plan Refresh 2008-2010	PDF	1,730 KB	56Kbps Modem: 7 Minutes Broadband : 35 Seconds
Reading Children and Young People's Plan 2008-2010 - Executive Summary	PDF	271 KB	56Kbps Modem: 1 Minute Broadband : 5 Seconds
Reading Children and Young People's Plan Refresh 2007-2009	PDF	1,029 KB	56Kbps Modem: 4 Minutes Broadband : 21 Seconds
Children and Young People's Plan Review June 2007	PDF	2,101 KB	56Kbps Modem: 8 Minutes Broadband : 43 Seconds
Child Protection Procedures	PDF	5,212 KB	56Kbps Modem: 22 Minutes Broadband : 1 Minute
Introduction to Reading Children's Trust - A Presentation	PDF	669 KB	56Kbps Modem: 2 Minutes Broadband : 13 Seconds

External Links

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Link	Description
Every Child Matters	National Every Child Matters Website