Agenda item

Children in Care Council - Verbal update from Senior Project Worker, Investing in Children

Minutes:

The Chairman provided an update from the Children in Care Council.  The Panel was informed that ‘Become’ charity will be holding a ‘North East Passport to Parliament’ event on 17 August to inform young people how to use politics for change.  Information on this would be circulated to the panel.  It was reported that representatives from the CICC will meet with Cllr Potts, Chair of the Children and Young People’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee, on 8 August.   Other activities that the CICC are currently involved with include work on the review of the Health Passport and the development of material for foster care training.