Every Child Matters

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Every Child Matters sets out five outcomes that matter most to children and young people:

• Being healthy: enoying good physical and mental health and living a healthy lifestyle;
• Staying safe: being protected from harm and neglect;
• Enjoying and Achieving: getting the most out of life and developing the skills for adulthood;
• Making a Positive Contribution: being involved with the community and not engaging in anti-social or offending behaviour;
• Economic wellbeing: not being prevented by economic disadvantage from achieving their full potential in life.

Visit the Every Child Matters website for essential policy information, details and guidance on implementation, and examples of emerging practice. http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/

Every Child Matters: Change for Children sets out the national framework for local change programmes to build services around the needs of children and young people so that we maximise opportunity and minimise risk. The services that reach every child and young person have a crucial role to play in shifting the focus from dealing with the consequences of difficulties in children's lives to preventing things from going wrong in the first place. The transformation that we need can only be delivered through local leaders working together in strong partnership with local communities on a programme of change. That is why this document sets out what action needs to be taken locally and how Government will work with and support Local Authorities and their partners.

ECM Outcomes framework version 2

The DfES has issued ECM Outcomes framework version 2, replacing all previous versions. Changes relate to the section on how inspectorates will judge the contribution of services to improving outcomes, which has been updated in line with 'The Inspection of children's services: key judgements and illustrative evidence', published by Ofsted in August.

See: http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/key-documents/ and sections on this website regarding the Green Paper on Youth.

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