'Every Child Matters - Change for Children' set out a national framework of change, to be led by local authorities and their partners, to improve life for children and young people. Government Offices (GOs) play a key role in delivering and developing the policies which will achieve this.
More information on the national picture
Staff in Government Office for the North West are responsible for a strategic overview for the following areas of work:
- Childcare Act and Early Years outcomes duty (narrowing the gap)
- Childcare Sufficiency
- Information Duty
- Child Poverty Agenda
- Sure Start
- Parenting
- Play
- Prevention and Participation
- Connexions
- Millennium Volunteers
- Positive Activities for Young People
- Transforming Youth Work
- Education initiatives
