Issue - meetings

Jonathan Picken presented the LSCB consultation with Children and Young People report.

The Board acknowledged Peter Floyd, formerly the LSCB Lay Member and his work to put together the successful event. The report set out the learning gained from the day in February attended by children from all Bracknell secondary schools and the results of the 800 questionnaires responses

Bullying and peer pressure remained the two top issues young people struggled with. There had been comments about LGBT provision in schools, as some young people felt that sex and relationships education was limited by the fact that it was often delivered by RE/PSHE teachers who brought their own perspectives to the teaching.

Colleagues in youth services had offered to repeat the event annually, and the Board agreed this was something they wanted to pursue.

In response to questions, the following points were noted:

• The report had been discussed at the Local Authority’s Corporate Management Team.
• Governance of the actions should sit with the Local Authority’s Children and Young People department and Headteachers.
• It was requested that a specific report be produced for circulation to schools. (Action: Jonathan Picken)
• It was suggested that online counselling through Kooth could be promoted further to address some of the young people’s concerns highlighted in the report.
• The Board suggested an action plan arising from the report would be useful to disseminate to all partners to take ownership and would inform the work of a ‘Task and Finish Group’ that will plan a similar event in 2019. (Action: Jonathan Picken/Alison Burnell)