Article 12- Children and Young People's Voice - Page 1 of 3 - East Lothian Council

Children and Young People's Views and Voice

This work is closely tied to the Fa'side and PSG Children and Young People Subgroup / Network.

We would like to understand more about how children and young people in the Fa'side and PSG areas can make a difference to things that matter to them. (UNCRC Article 12)

This survey is for people working with children and young people, but we hope, if it feels apropriate, you will involve young people in the response to this survey.

What is your name and your organisation/ team?

(Required)

What is your email address?

(Required)

What area of East Lothian does your organisation cover?

(Required) PSG Fa'side North Berwick Costal Dunbar and East Linton Musselburgh Haddington and Lammermuir East Lothian Wide

Does your organisation/ team provide a provision targeted towards children/young people with any of the following characteristics (please select all that apply).

Physical Health Condition Mental Health Condition (including neurodiversity and learning disabilities) Ethnic Minority Groups LGBTQ+ Religion / Belief Socio-economic Disadvantage Single-sex work (i.e. women and girls) Young Parents Young Carers Care Experience Other

If you selected 'other' above, please provide details

How do children and young people you work with like their views and voice to be gathered? Do you have a way of doing this that works really well?

What are the key themes and issues children and young people bring to you / talk about? (i.e. health, jobs, education, safety etc. Please provide details if you would like. )

How well are children/ young people's views and voice heard and acted upon by the following

Please provide any comments if you wish.

To highlight young people's /children's views and voice how does your organisation/ team work in partnership with others?

What structures and opportunities need to be in place for young people to influence decisions making? (i.e. What can decisionmakers do to improve the way they act upon young people's views)

What structures and opportunities need to be in place for young people to influence decisions making?

To help children and young people take collective action around things that matter to them, how could we work better together in the localities and wider?

Who is missing? We know we are not listening to all young people's asks, wants and needs. To help us think more about this please let us know... Who don't you hear the views and voice of (age groups, gender, locality, ethnicity, disability etc)? Who as a collective do we need to reach out to/ try something different?