Children and Young People’s Forum

““The Children and Young People’s Forum represents over 200 Oxfordshire organisations working with 0-25 year olds. It is the only one of its kind in the country and is backed by the National Lottery Community Fund.”“

A collective voice of the voluntary sector working with children and young people in Oxfordshire, the Children and Young People’s Forum represents over 200 organisations working with 0-25-year-olds. It is the only one of its kind in the country and is backed by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Its powerful collective voice offers agile responses to pressing issues affecting services and the children and young people that use them. We use our voice to influence statutory partners, initiate change and create better awareness of the voluntary and community sector’s work.

The Children and Young People’s Forum’s aims:

strengthening relationships and collaboration within voluntary sector organisations
creating leadership opportunities within the forum via a steering team
increasing leadership opportunities throughout the sector through voluntary sector representation to strategic boards in the public sector
strengthening two-way communication between statutory and voluntary sector organisations.

To join us and have your say in the forum, please contact our Youth Partnerships Manager, David Cruchley david.cruchley@oxfordshireyouth.org

“100% of surveyed participants say the forum helps them feel supported by their peers and has a positive impact on the sector, their work and strategic boards”.