Interested in making a difference to Children and Young People’s future? Complete the online survey in the attached link and

have your say

on the future of Children's Trust Guidance and new Children and Young People's Plan Regulations. You will find the full consultation document, along with an Executive Summary and brief presentation in the

News section of Young Lancashire’s website. After reading the key proposals, please have your say by completing the online survey.

We really need you to contribute to this consultation so that we put forward a collective view to the Department for Schools, Children and Families (DSCF) by 29^th January. We will be discussing and finalizing our response to the consultation at the next VCFS Children and Young People’s Services Reference Group on 20^th January 2010.

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From this website you can access information on what the county and the local councils are doing to tackle the issue of climate change:
 

 Every Actions Counts provides advice and support

• Save Energy;
• Travel Wisely;
• Save Our Resources;
• Shop Ethically; and
• Care For Your Area.

Community Action for Energy (CAfE) is a programme from the Energy savings Trust that is designed to promote and facilitate local community based energy projects.

(AfSL) is a charity that helps people to live more sustainably, focusing on simple changes that will make the world a better place to live in. They're currently active in Manchester, Trafford and Liverpool, and are open to working in other parts of the UK.

Groundwork supports communities in need, working with partners to help improve the quality of people’s lives, their prospects and potential and the places where they live, work and play.

Community Spaces is a £50 million open grants programme that is managed by Groundwork UK as an Award Partner to the Big Lottery Fund. The programme helps community groups create or improve green and open spaces so that the quality of life in neighbourhoods across England is enhanced.

Their aim is to create an environment in which relevant information is accessible and readily available. This will enable community groups to quickly answer problems with constructive solutions based on the experience of others.

Objectives of the Community Network

• to provide an online, ‘one-stop shop’ for communities involved with green space issues;
• to facilitate communication and sharing of information between community groups involved in green spaces;
• to research the needs and experiences of community groups on the Network;
• to relaunch Community Green Place as the essential monthly e-newsletter for community groups, with the latest news and views from around the green space sector;
• to actively build the Community Network database through existing members, local authorities and other organisations.

The Charities FM Group looks at how charities can work to incorporate the principles of sustainable development

in their day-to-day activities. Their members are very interested in all aspects of sustainability, from energy conservation to ethical purchasing. They have found that many property managers in the voluntary sector want to work in a "greener" way, but sometimes don’t have the internal support or the tools to do so.

They agreed to draft a model policy for charities to adopt. They are aiming to produce a policy that sets out a commitment to the principles of sustainable development.

They hope that charities will adopt this policy at board-level, so that they can see voluntary sector organisations start making a public commitment to address the issue of sustainability in the way they manage their facilities.