The report was presented by the Corporate Parenting and Participation Officer for BCBC. The purpose of which was to provide the Cabinet Committee Corporate Parenting with an update on the development of Corporate Parenting in Bridgend.

He stated that as the report mentioned, the service were in a position where they had sub group meetings recurring on a quarterly basis, their board meeting had been fully integrated, partnering multi agencies, they were in a position where they had their strategy ready to be launched on Thursday the 27th of April 2023.

The new strategy was designed with a translation into Welsh and explained the purpose of the service, their plans, priorities, how they planned to evaluate progress and understand requirements of the future.

The CPP Officer also stated that they had secured 45 promises within the strategy and those were their commitments as multi agency professionals, leaders and senior managers, stating their intentions in their individual roles to support the Care Experienced children, young people and care leavers. The service was to be held to account by the Youth forum and there were measures put in place by the forum to be able to be supported to question any of these promises and evaluate progress with the support of Tros Gynnal Plant (TGP Cymru) who are advocacy providers and they facilitate the forum along with the CPP Officer. He concluded by inviting all members to attend the Launch planned later on in the month.

The Chairperson commented she was pleased about the process followed and the progress made. She was pleased to know of a robust mechanism in place now for children and young people to be heard and listened to.

She stated that they found it interesting that when they started this journey, other organisations who had responsibility for corporate parenting did not really understand what their responsibilities and duties were. These Organisations have since been more engaged and BCBC have a better focus on what is required by the Care Experienced young people.

RESOLVED                    : The Committee considered the contents of the

                                          report and supported the progress of the

                                          Corporate Parenting development.