YOUR Rights, YOUR Voice
Children's Rights are YOUR Rights
Cornwall Children's Rights Team
Cornwall Council has a Children’s Rights Approach for Cornwall. We want to ensure that all children:
- are given opportunities to make the most of their talents and potential
- have access to information and resources to enable them to take full advantage of their rights
- are provided with meaningful opportunities to influence decisions about their lives
- organisations and individuals are accountable to children for decisions and for outcomes that affect their lives
There is a Children's Rights Team who are working with Children and Young People across Cornwall to make sure your rights are upheld and that you have a voice in how we look after your rights in Cornwall
Have a look at the Children's Rights pages on the Cornwall Council Website
Exploring YOUR Rights
About Your Rights
Rights are something that you should have, no matter how old you are, where you live, how much money you have or what religion you follow. Children and Young People have a special set of Rights which is called the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child or UNCRC. There is also law in England called the Children Act, 1989 which says adults need to keep you safe.
Your Rights include:
- Being able to say what you think and feel, be listened to and taken seriously
- To have your best interests put first when decisions are being made about you
- To grow up healthy
- To have an education
- To have a good enough standard of living like having somewhere to live, food to eat and clothes to keep you warm
- To be protected from abuse, violence, bullying and harm
- To be treated equally and not to be discriminated against
- To have your cultural background and identity valued
Click to download a list of ALL your rights
Our Safeguarding Children’s Partnership (OSCP) oversee the arrangements and agree the ways that everyone who is involved will work together to promote, safeguard and protect the welfare of children and young people including your rights. They have lots of really helpful stuff about staying safe and your rights.
Our Safeguarding Children’s Partnership (OSCP)
https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/your-rights/your-rights/
Childline also have very good infomation about your rights and staying safe too. This includes help when your rights aren't being met.
Cornwall Youth Council
Cornwall Youth Council is for young people aged 11-25 who live or go to school in Cornwall.
We are group of young people who want to make a difference in Cornwall. Our goal is to empower children and young people in our communities and advocate for their needs and views. We aim to make positive changes for our own and future generations of Cornwall.
We are still recruiting!
There are lots of opportunities for you to get involved with the Youth Council! We are still recruiting for Community seats! Find all the information about community seats here!
Youth Council Manifesto
Our manifesto is a document that outlines what our goals are as Cornwall Youth Council.
The manifesto brings together thousands of youth voices from across Cornwall!
How are we supporting the Youth Council Manifesto through our work?
The themes that really stand out for us in the Manifesto are:
- Safety - helping children and young people feel safe (and not just be safe or be told you’re safe).
- Access to reliable information and having people you can talk to and get support from.
The areas of our work that support these themes are:
- Reaching out to children and young people via the Start Now website and our printed resources such as the Resilience Framework and Brilliant ME!
- Working with staff in schools and settings to raise awareness and encourage more (and more effective) support for YP.
Next Steps
How can we support the Manifesto aims further?
Refreshing the Start Now website...
We’ve already started a major refresh of the Start Now website alongside young people. We’ll be looking at the aims of the website, reviewing and restructuring the content and developing new content...
...and we’ve started an exciting collaboration with Tech Cornwall and some AS Level students who will be helping to look at some great new functionality!
We will ensure that the new site will be consistent with the manifesto goals and we’ll continue to champion the work of the Youth Council.
Supporting Schools and Settings
We continually review and develop our offer to schools and underline the things young people are saying about their wellbeing and how schools / settings can help.