County Durham Local Teenage Pregnancy Strategy - Full Document

Teenage Pregnancy Unit: Long Term and Sustained
We will review the progress made towards meeting the action plan goals using
the steering group and sub-groups. We will aim to review progress quarterly by
asking representatives from the lead agencies to report to the group actions
achieved*. In this way we will seek continued commitment from all agencies
and we will review progress made towards reducing teenage pregnancy in
high-risk areas.
* Projects/initiatives, which have been judged to be successful, will be brought
into mainstream funding.
Developing accessible children, young people and family centred services that
promote dignity and independence and which do not discriminate or stigmatise.
Teenage Pregnancy Unit: Addressing Inequalities
To ensure that the strategy and action plans meet set targets, high-risk areas
within County Durham and Darlington must be identified. Information is being,
and will continue to be, obtained through a number of data sources.
We have adopted an ‘across the county’ approach in the allocation of the Local
Implementation Fund.
Ensuring that when making decisions on policies and services, consideration is
given to their potential impact on the lives of children and young people.
Teenage Pregnancy Unit: Evidence Based
Research, which is vast in both its variety and amount informed the Teenage
Pregnancy Report (1999) 3 . The strategy and local action plans will take
account of this and other evidence. New evidence will also be used as it is
published on the teenage pregnancy website and in journals. We will aim to
strengthen links with local universities to enable evaluation of our own practice.
3 – Social Exclusion Unit
Joined Up Action
Structure
The County Durham and Darlington wide tackling Teenage Pregnancy Coordinator
is funded by the Teenage Pregnancy Unit and is employed by the
Health Authority. The Co-ordinator is based at Dales PCG. (The Regional Coordinator,
Anne Graney has agreed that there should be a co-ordinator based
in Darlington as the strategies are co-terminous with local authority
boundaries.) The co-ordinator has been guided and supported by lead
contacts from both local authorities (County Durham and Darlington) as
members of the County Wide Steering Group or as members of the Darlington
Group or the County Sub-groups. Two strategies must be submitted, one for
County Durham and one for Darlington.
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