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Barnet Council becomes first London authority to partner with Unicef (30 May 2017)

Date: 30/05/2017
Duncan Lewis, Child Care Solicitors, Barnet Council becomes first London authority to partner with Unicef

Barnet Council in Greater London has entered into a three-year partnership with Unicef – and is the first London authority to do so.

The partnership with the global children’s organisation will see the council working with support from Unicef to be recognised as a Child Friendly Community – and support all children to grow up “healthy, happy, safe and resilient”

Over the next three years, the council will collaborate with Unicef as part of its Child Rights Partners Programme, to embed children’s rights into the council’s governance, policy and practice.

Barnet is one of just three local authorities in the UK to be partnering with Unicef, after submitting an expression of interest to the organisation.

Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a guide, the programme is part of Unicef’s global Child Friendly Cities initiative – which helps cities and communities in more than 20 countries to put children’s rights and wellbeing at their heart.

The partnership will support the council’s aim of becoming the most family friendly borough in London by 2020 – and over the coming months, Unicef will work with the council to develop six “badges” which the council will work towards. As the partnership continues, monitoring – including the views of a panel of experts – will assess the progress being made.

Barnet Council’s Commissioning Director for Children and Young People, Chris Munday, said:

“This is a really exciting opportunity for Barnet – this partnership will give the council the chance to work with a global organisation over the next three years, with a focus on embedding children’s rights into more of what the council does.”

Unicef’s Programme Director of the Child Right’s Partners programme, Naomi Danquah, added:

“We are delighted to welcome the London Borough of Barnet to the Child Rights Partners programme.

“At a time when councils are having to make tough choices about the delivery of local services, it’s essential that all children – particularly the most vulnerable – are supported, protected and able to flourish.

“The London Borough of Barnet has made a bold commitment to work towards recognition as a Child and Family Friendly Community – and to begin embedding children’s human rights across its services over the next three years.

“We look forward to collaborating with the council to help realise this ambition.”


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