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1. Who is this Advice Note for?
The Advice Note aims to encourage Community Planning Partnerships and individual partners including:
- Local Authorities
- NHS Boards
- Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise
- Joint Police Boards and Chief Constables
- Joint Fire Boards
- Communities Scotland
- Regional Transport Partnerships
- Community bodies
- Voluntary sector organisations
- Private sector organisations
to develop or adapt processes so that all children and young people can become aware of their rights and routinely have opportunities to exercise them through Community Planning. The Note is not only intended for those involved directly in working with children and young people. It is aimed at people who make decisions about planning, resources and priorities who need to consider how children's and young people's views can be taken into account and to think about how their decisions can contribute to the organisation's overall approach to engaging and involving children and young people. The Advice Note is a high level document and does not relate to defined age ranges, as it is important that all age ranges are captured. While age can be a useful shorthand in identifying groups, approaches used for engagement should be appropriate to the capacity of the individual or group to engage and the situation of the children and young people involved, rather than relating to numerical age. For example, a young person may also be a parent or carer themselves and will want to be involved in discussions relevant to that role.
As part of Local Democracy Week, the Local Government Association has produced a guide for Councillors and MPs on engaging with young people in their area.www.lga.gov.uk/Publication.asp?lSection=0&id=-A7833880More organisations, tools and information sources can be found in Annex C.
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