Oldham Children's Trust
What is a children's trust?
Every Child Matters is an 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 their circumstances, to have the support they need to:
- Be healthy
- Stay safe
- Enjoy and achieve
- Make a positive contribution
- Achieve economic well-being
This means that the organisations involved with providing services to children - from hospitals and schools, to police and voluntary groups - will be teaming up in new ways, sharing information and working together, to protect children and young people from harm and help them achieve what they want in life. This way of working is called a children's trust.
Through this, children and young people will have far more say about issues that affect them as individuals and collectively.
There's more about Every Child Matters here.
What does Oldham Children's Trust do?
The Trust is made up of the many organisations and agencies who deliver services to the children, young people and families of the area. It is a thematic partnership of Oldham Partnership. The trust has a memorandum of understanding which describes the way the members of the trust will work together.
It encourages closer working between different groups of professionals, providers and communities, based on a shared understanding of need and commitment to utlise resources in the most effective way. Its plans are written in the Children and Young People Plan 2008-2011.
The trust is made up a number of layers. Read more about its structure here.
Changing for children executive board (CCEB) minutes
Integrated commissioning board minutes
CCEB membership
This group is currently reviewing its governance arrangements and strengthening membership will form part of this process. It is recognised that there are some key missing partners.
- Chair - Michael Jameson - Assistant Executive Director, Children Young People & Families, Oldham Council
- Councillor Kay Knox - Cabinet Member, Children, Young People & Families, Oldham Council
- Councillor A UrRehman, Shadow Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families, Oldham Council
- Councillor Diane Williamson, Oldham Council
- Caroline Ball - Chief Superintendent, Oldham Division, Greater Manchester Police
- Shauna Dixon, Director of Clinical Services, Oldham Primary Care Trust
- Tim Mitchell - Chief Executive, Positive Steps Oldham (Independent Sector)
- Jane Hughes - Chief Executive, Oldham Brook (Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector)
- Jim Leivers – Chair of Oldham’s Local Safeguarding Children’s Board
- Julie Hollis – Chair of Secondary Heads
- Ian Walsh – Chair of Primary Heads
- Lihanne Nelson – Children’s Trust Development Officer
Every Child Matters thematic leads are also asked to attend performance focused meetings. This includes:
- Jill Beaumont, lead for 'be healthy' and 'make a positive contribution'
- Chris Hill, lead for 'enjoy and achieve' and 'achieve economic wellbeing'
- Teresa Broadbent, lead for 'stay safe'.
Find out more
Contact Lihanne Nelson, partnership development officer, on 0161 770 1295 or lihanne.nelson@oldham.gov.uk
last updated 28.1.10
