What kind of Edinburgh?

Between August 2018 and March 2019, Children and young people across the city of Edinburgh met with duty-bearers to influence how adults plan and run the city’s services.

Take notice of our behaviours, actions and other forms of communication. Tell us what’s going on.

Member of Children’s Parliament

Following on from 2017’s Edinburgh Children’s Partnerships project, What Kind of Edinburgh? was delivered by Children’s Parliament in partnership with Young Edinburgh Action, on behalf of City of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Children’s Partnership.

What Kind of Edinburgh? has provided a model of strategic engagement for adult stakeholders, children and young people; supporting the public bodies who form the Edinburgh Children’s Partnership to meet obligations defined in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act (2014).

What did we do?

Children’s Parliament and Young Edinburgh Action facilitated creative sessions to support 24 children and 16 young people’ developing Edinburgh’s children’s services plan.

Adult ‘champion duty-bearers’ joined us from:

  • Edinburgh Children’s Partnership Board
  • City of Edinburgh Education, Children and Families Committee
  • Integrated Children and Young People’s Services Board
  • Integrated Children’s Services Management Groups
  • City of Edinburgh Locality Leadership Teams.

Over a period of 8 months, our creative programme facilitated opportunities for champion duty-bearers to work together with children and young people to reflect on the Edinburgh Children’s Services Plan strategic outcomes:

  1. Every child will have the best start in life;
  2. Children and young people’s attendance, engagement and achievement will be improved, and the poverty-related attainment gap will be reduced;
  3. Every child and young person will have good wellbeing and achieve the best possible health;
  4. Equity amongst children and young people and their families will be advanced;
  5. Children and young people, their families and their communities will be empowered to improve their wellbeing.

The children described the project and their experience of participation through this short film:

A delegation of children and young people presented the What Kind of Edinburgh? outcomes to the Edinburgh Council Education, Children and Families Committee in May 2019 and to the Edinburgh Children’s Partnership Board in June 2019.

The What Kind of Edinburgh? magazine, highlighting the outcomes of the project is available online below, and in hard copy for everyone working in the City’s children’s services.

What Kind of Edinburgh (Children’s Parliament, 2019)Download

Through the project’s learning outcomes, direct, tangible and informed action can now be taken to better the lives of children and young people by the City of Edinburgh Council.

What kind of Edinburgh? was supported by City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian

Date: 2018
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