1. Edinburgh’s Integrated Children and Young People’s Plan
Cathy Macnaughton – Multi-Cultural Family Base
Milind Kolhatkar – Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council
on behalf of
Edinburgh’s Integrated Children and Young People’s Plan
Reference Group for Strategic Objective 6:
“Reduce effects of poverty and inequalities on
children and young people”
National Early Years Conference – October 2010
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2. Lead Officer roles for six Strategic Objectives
shared amongst partners. Voluntary sector given SO6
“Reduce the effects of poverty and inequalities on children and young people”
Role includes monitoring performance indicators and
reporting to CYPSP on progress
To support this work we:
Developed a reference group of academics and practitioners who can help to inform understanding of poverty and inequalities and stimulate thinking about how we might seek to reduce their effects.
Organised a conference ‘Tackling Inequalities – Promoting Health and Wellbeing for Edinburgh’s Children and Young People’ on 3rd November 2010
Presenters:
Cathy Macnaughton – Chair, Reference Group
Milind Kolhatkar – Member, Reference Group
National Early Years Conference – October 2010

3. National Early Years Conference – October 2010

4. ‘To reduce the steepness of the social gradient in health,
actions must be universal, but with a scale and an intensity
that is proportionate to the level of disadvantage.
We call this proportionate universalism,’
National Early Years Conference – October 2010

5. National Early Years Conference – October 2010

6. Recognising people as Assets
Co-production means delivering public services in an equal and reciprocal relationship between professionals, people using services, their families and their neighbours. Where activities are co-produced in this way, both services and neighbourhoods become far more effective agents of change.
Key Characteristics
Recognising people as Assets
Building on people’s Existing Capabilities
Promoting Mutuality & Reciprocity
Developing Peer Support Networks
Breaking down barriers between Professionals & Recipients
Facilitating rather than Delivering
National Early Years Conference – October 2010

7. The reference group’s Outputs so far include:
Influencing broader thinking throughout CYPSP, the Lead Officers’ Group and the Children’s Plan
Reference group is part of a movement towards understanding inequalities better – leading towards targeted partner actions
Broad partner interest in new approaches to tackling poverty – reference group will engage with evolving thinking
Exploring with others locally-based imaginative solutions to entrenched ‘problems.’
(eg: – identify a test site for focus on increasing access to affordable childcare)
Influence on Edinburgh’s Integrated Children and Young People’s Strategic Plan – Applying a ‘Gap & Gradient’ analysis
Ensuring Inequalities are embedded in performance indicators throughout the Plan
Supporting the planning and delivery of the Tackling Inequalities EP:iC event
National Early Years Conference – October 2010

8. Edinburgh’s Integrated Children and Young People’s Plan
Cathy Macnaughton – Multi-Cultural Family Base
Milind Kolhatkar – Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Council
on behalf of
Edinburgh’s Integrated Children and Young People’s Plan
Reference Group for Strategic Objective 6:
“Reduce effects of poverty and inequalities on
children and young people”
National Early Years Conference – October 2010