Excellence Wales

 The Award

The Authority was one of only three councils to be awarded the highest recognition, the highly commended award, as well as receiving a further commendation and certificate of recognition.

The highly commended award was received in the children and young people category, and recognised the excellent work going on in Carmarthenshire to support children to reach their full potential.

For a full list of awards click HERE to go to the WLGA press release about the event including a list of the other awards.

Good Practice Case Study

Examples of good practice within Carmarthenshire County Council can be found in the “Good practice case study”, please follow the link below:-

http://www.wlga.gov.uk/english/case-studies-our-children-and-young-people-/carmarthenshire-county-council-our-children-and-young-people/

Open Day

The dissemination of good practice is a fundamental principle of Excellence Wales and our attendance at the Our Children & Young People National Open Day event held on the 18^th & 19^th November 2008, in Venue Cymru in Llandudno, was an excellent opportunity to share the good practice with other service providers and partners.  The information contained within The Children and Young People’s Booklet summarises our good practice.

The following links are some examples of the good practice we shared with other service providers and partners at the National Open Day Event.

Integrating Services – A Short Summary (September 2008)

Sharing Good Practice within Carmarthenshire CYPP

Actively Involving Children & Young People – A Guide to Good Practice – www.youthsirgar.org.uk

Carmarthenshire Family Centres

Excellence Wales Logo

As successful winners of the Excellence Wales Highly Commended Award, staff are encouraged to promote our good practice by using the Excellence Wales branding in our day to day activities, corporate publications and promotional materials.  The logo can be used on signs, plaques, website, letterheads, reports & publications.  There are certain restrictions on how it can be used, for example, size, so please seek advice before using it.  An electronic copy of the logo, and guidance on how it can be used, can be obtained from Nicola Hoare (01267 224551).

The full guidance can  also be found on Amdro, but if after reading it you still have a query, please contact David Astins (01267 224563).

Certificate of Recognition

In addition to the Highly Commended award, we received a Certificate of recognition in Our Council “Collaboration in the Public Services” for developing & delivering a local sustainable food strategy through innovative procurement mechanisms.

Please click below to access the Local Sustainable Food Strategy Good Practice case study:-

http://www.wlga.gov.uk/english/case-studies-our-council/carmarthenshire-county-council-our-council/

Useful Information and Links

Carmarthenshire Partnership (including Children & Young People’s Partnership pages) -www.thecarmarthenshirepartnership.org.uk

Carmarthenshire Youth Council–www.youthsirgar.org.uk

Carmarthenshire Children’s Partnership–www.carmarthenshirechildrenspartnership.org.uk

School Council for Wales -www.schoolcouncilswales.org.uk

British Youth Council -www.byc.org.uk

Children’s Commissioner for Wales -www.childcom.org.uk

Funky Dragon -www.funkydragon.org

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