Participation strategy
The participation strategy outlines our ambition to work in partnership with children, young people and families to design and deliver responsive and impactful services across Swindon.
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About the strategy
What is participation?
Participation is about professionals you work with hearing what you have to say and that changing the way we do things. You know what works best and we want to hear from you so we can change things.
Our vision
Our vision is that all children, young people and the families who support them living in Swindon are enabled to have their voices heard and acted upon at all levels, i.e. in the individual support they receive and also strategically as to how services/organisations operate.
What are we going to do?
We have written a strategy which is a document setting out what Swindon does already to listen to and do something about what our children, young people and families tell us and how we want to do better in the next three years. We have worked with lots of different children, young people, families and professionals to make sure we get this right.
The strategy tells you:
- what we should be doing
- how we should be listening to you
- how you can make sure we are doing a good job
If you need any help understanding the strategy, please ask someone who supports you or contact challengeandparticipation@swindon.gov.uk challengeandparticipation
You will:
- be involved in decisions that affect you
- be supported and encouraged to say when you’re not happy and for something to be done about it. If we can’t do what you’ve asked, we will tell you why and offer you alternative options
- be supported and encouraged to tell us when things are going well or something good happens
Your voice will make a difference and we will tell you what difference your voice has made.
Self-assessment tool
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