Prevention > Integrated Youth Support

The Government wants to see all young people achieving the five Every Child Matters outcomes which are:

• Be healthy

• Stay safe

• Enjoy and achieve

• Make a positive contribution

• Achieve economic well-being

Youth Matters, the Youth Green Paper, was published on 18 July 2005 and the subsequent consultation ended on 4 November 2005.

The Government response, Youth Matters: Next Steps was published on 8 March 2006 and sets out the vision for empowering young people, giving them somewhere to go, something to do and someone to talk to.

Youth Matters: Next Steps sets out a vision for better Integrated Youth Support Services. Integrated Youth Support consists of 3 strands:

• Information, Advice and Guidance

• Targeted Youth Support

• Positive Activities

Click here for more information on Targeted Youth Support.

For more information on Positive Activities in North Yorkshire visit www.gimi.co.uk

Information, Advice and Guidance

Good Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) helps young people make the right learning and career choices and enables them to find answers to the questions and issues which can arise in their personal lives.

New Quality Standards which set out what good quality IAG should consist of were launched on 31 October 2007. They set out the DCSF's expectations of the IAG services that local authorities commission and manage since assuming responsibility for these services in April 2008.

Connexions Direct continues to complement local services by offering online information, advice and support for 13-19 year olds.

Visit www.connexions-direct.com or telephone 080 800 13 2 19 (confidential and free from a landline so it won’t show up on a phone bill)