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The National Youth Agency: Portsmouth launches three-year, three-way participation partnership

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In December, Joe, Chyna and Faizana, three young people from Somers Park Primary School in Portsmouth, presented the Investing in Children membership award to their head teacher, Jan Fleming, because of their evidence of dialogue and change through using The NYA/LGA Hear by Right participation standards.

Young people from St Edmunds Secondary School agreed with staff to rewrite the mission statement, make shorter and more accessible the School Development Plan and rewrite the rewards and sanctions policy. young people and staff from Motiv8 put in place a young leaders' course and a new compliments, comments and complaints procedure.

To build on such successes, Investing in Portsmouth Children was launched as a three-way, three-year partnership between Portsmouth's Trust and City Council with The NYA and Investing in Children.

Tim Stokes, local partnership co-ordinator, described the range of support available to local services, including consultancy, Hear by Right mapping and planning, staff development, practice support, training trainers, external evaluation for the Investing in Children Membership Award and shared learning nationally.

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