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Organisations working with children and young people in Renfrewshire have teamed up with local youngsters to launch a new approach to make young people aware of the services and advice available to them.
‘Sourced’, a CD-ROM co-written by a team of young people and representatives from a range of public and charitable organisations, was launched to an audience of over 100 young people at Paisley town hall. Also lending her support to the launch was 'River City' actress, Carmen Pieraccini, a former pupil of Johnstone High.
The audience participated in a morning long series of events, discussions and drama and music performance linked to themes featured on the CD-ROM.
The issues featured included health, leisure, community safety, jobs and training, and support and inclusion.
“The CD-ROM is an innovative way of making young people aware of the many services that are available to them, said Susan Bell, Renfrewshire Council’s integrated children’s services manager: “We hope the CD-ROM will direct them to people and organisations that can help with problems or areas of concern or simply provide information on existing or new interests.
“A big part of our approach has been to involve young people in telling us the information they wanted to know and the style of writing and presentation which would interest them.”
Youngsters from Renfrewshire Council’s Out Of School Learning Club worked on the content and another group worked to help plan the official launch.
Elaine Corcoran, Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership’s clinical service manager for children’s services, is welcoming today’s launch: “All of us at the Community Health Partnership are very proud to have been part of this project. The CD-ROM is a fantastic resource for children and young people across Renfrewshire and it really benefits from having had input from children themselves. I hope it makes it easier for our youngsters here to access the help they need”
The CD-ROM has been prepared by the Renfrewshire Integrated Children’s Services Partnership which includes Renfrewshire Council, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Strathclyde Police, Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration, Barnardo’s Scotland and Who Cares Scotland. It forms part of the partnership work to take forward Renfrewshire’s children’s services plan.
The CD-ROM will be available to third to sixth year pupils in Renfrewshire’s secondary schools.
To take one example of the issue covered in ‘Sourced’, the section ‘Respected and Responsible’ lets young people know how they can get involved in decisions that affect their lives and how they can get their voices heard. That is accompanied by information on how the Renfrewshire Children's Service Plan is dealing with key tasks on issues such as young people in trouble, advocacy and citizenship, and contact details for services and agencies involved in helping young people with these issues.
“Overall, we’ve had a very positive reaction from the young people and agencies involved so far and we’re convinced it will be useful and relevant for Renfrewshire youngsters; said Susan Bell.
Press Release: Thursday 2 November 2006
