Who are we?

The Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) acts as Lambeth's Children's Trust.

Up to March 2010 the CYPSP fulfilled Lambeth’s statutory requirement under the Children’s Act (2004) to have Children’s Trust arrangements which bring together local partners to improve outcomes for children and young people across the borough. It also acted as Lambeth First’s theme partnership representing children and young people.

The Apprenticeships, Schools, Children and Learning Act 2009 has brought about a number of changes in formal responsibilities and structure. From April 2010 all local authorities have to establish a Children’s Trust and a Children’s Trust Board. Responsibility for the Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP) will shift from the local authority to the Children’s Trust Board.

As a result of this legislation the following has changed in Lambeth:

• The CYPSP will take on the role of Lambeth’s Children’s Trust
• The CYPSP Board will become the Children’s Trust Board
• The Children’s Trust Board will take ownership of the CYPP. A new CYPP in place by April 2011

• The CYPSP will continue as Lambeth First’s theme partnership for children and young people.

The CYPSP will cointinue to bring together stautory and non statutory partners to improve outcomes for children and young people across the borough.  We aim to promote and embed joint service planning and commissioning, while widely consulting service-users on our major strategic and operational initiatives. We are responsible for driving performance against the five Every Child Matters outcomes and the Local Area Agreement (2008-11).

Our Vision

Lambeth’s Children and Young People’s Plan sets out the partnerships vision for children and young people in Lambeth:

“We will enable children and young people to be happy, healthy and safe to achieve their full potential. We will achieve this by:

1. Developing integrated services that are seamless, efficient and improve outcomes for children and young people
2. Ensuring effective and efficient partnership working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people
3. Increasing early identification of need and intervention thus preventing a need in the future
4. Seeking to engage children, young people and their families, particularly those from most vulnerable and seldom heard groups.”

Our Partners

• London Borough of Lambeth’s Children and Young People’s Service (including schools, social care and Youth Offending Service)
• NHS Lambeth 
• NHS Lambeth Community Health
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, South London and Maudsley
• GPs
• Metropolitan Police Service
• Probation Service
• Jobcentre Plus
• Voluntary and Community Sector
• Lambeth Governors Forum
• Parents and Carers
• Lambeth College
• Headteachers Council
• Lambeth First