Children and Young People’s Strategy consultation Are you completing this form as a Resident Business Education organisation VCS Organisation Council Employee Someone who works or studies in the city Other If other please tell us more What do you think about the idea of involving the whole city of Stoke-on-Trent in helping to improve support for families and enabling local communities to have more say in this? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure Please provide your comments Do you agree that improving the lives and wellbeing of children and families in Stoke-on-Trent should be the City Council’s top priority? Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Not sure Please provide your comments Do you support the City Council’s view that it is important do more to improve outcomes and life chances for young people who have been in care at some point in their lives? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure Please provide your comments Do you agree with the idea that children who don’t have the skills needed to start school by the age of five may struggle to do well in school and later life? Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Not sure Please provide your comments The City Council aims to reduce inequalities between poorer and wealthier places to give children in Stoke-on-Trent more opportunities to do well in life. What do you think of this? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure Please provide your comments Do you agree that more effort should be made to help children who are at risk of harm to stay living with their families, with specialist support, instead of being taken into care? Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Not sure Please provide your comments Do you agree with the idea that children and young people should have more say in designing local approaches aimed at improving their safety, wellbeing and life chances? Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Not sure Please provide your comments The City Council plans to work with the NHS, schools and other partners to find ways of preventing more children from suffering from mental ill health. Do you support this approach? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure Please provide your comments The Children’s Strategy will focus on improving the emotional health and wellbeing of children and young people in the city. Do you think this is an important thing to focus on? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure Please provide your comments Do you support the idea that improving Further Education (college) and vocational (skills) training offer will help more young people to find good jobs or go on to university? Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Not sure Please provide your comments Stoke-on-Trent has a high proportion of children with special educational needs and disabilities. Do you agree that the City Council should provide better opportunities for them? Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Not sure Please provide your comments Are there any other priorities or challenges that you think should be a particular area to focus on in the new Children’s Strategy instead of, or as well as, the ones above? Please provide your comments below: Which part of the draft Children’s Strategy did you like the most, and why? Please provide your comments below: Was there a part of the draft Children’s Strategy that you thought was wrong, or that you disagreed with? Please explain what it was and why you disagreed with it: