Somerset Annual Achievements Awards The efforts and achievements of more than 370 Somerset children and young people in care have been celebrated at this year’s Annual Achievement Awards! The event was organised by the Somerset Council Engagement and Participation team and hosted by members of the Somerset in Care and Leaving Care Council (SiCC & […]
The Somerset Trauma Informed Network is proud to launch our film “What does it mean to be Trauma Informed?” With huge thanks to Somerset Youth Parliament and the Somerset Youth Councils for their help in producing this film for the Somerset Trauma Informed Network. Find out about the Somerset Trauma Informed Network, how to join
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The Somerset Youth Forum met over Zoom in autumn 2023 to discuss why Somerset young people self-harm, and do they have the right support?​ The group considered: Young people in the group discussed that the biggest cause of self-harm is down to poor mental health and these mental health issues can take the form of depression, not being
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Increasing the safety of children in the community is one of the SSCP’s priorities for 2023-25, with a range of activity to support this across our subgroups, training and strategy. Linking with this work and following on from a project last year, the SSCP Youth Forum chose to work on ‘What makes you feel safe
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Why is it so important to think about where and how our young people live? During Autumn 2022, the Youth Forum looked at housing, both what makes a home good and what makes a home unsuitable for children and young people to live in. At the first session Youth Forum members considered ‘the home’ with
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Youth Forum kicked off 2023 looking at children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing for the Somerset Safeguarding Children’s Partnership (SSCP). The SSCP asked them to consider the theme from a slightly different angle, by looking at good emotional health. The group’s first action was a discussion around what makes them happy and how
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With growing concern about the rising cost of living over the past year, the one voice that we don’t often hear is that of the voice of the child and young person. Youth Forum choose to tackle this very topical subject over our summer sessions, looking at the impact of the rising cost of living
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Over the last year the Youth Forum have been looking at school attendance on behalf of the Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership (SSCP). At the first session the group looked at existing research into poor school attendance at a county and national level. Via this research it became clear to the group, that young people are
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It was an honour to present the collaborative film We Need You To Work Together last week on the 28th March at the SSCP conference Partnership – more than just Working Together. As elected Members of Somerset Youth Parliament we are dedicated and passionate about empowering youth voice, and as such it was a great
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Youth voice groups are important forums where you get to have a say, to challenge and to influence decisions and processes that affect or are important to you and other young people growing up in Somerset today, whilst making new friends and having some fun at the same time. Young people across Somerset are encouraged
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