Physical Disabilities/Sensory Loss Conditions Survey - NOW LIVE

Powys County Council/Local Health Board: Consultation 

Powys residents who have physical disabilities and/or sensory loss conditions and their families are being asked to take part in a survey to help shape the future of services provided for them.

A five year plan is being drawn up by Powys County Council and Powys Teaching Health Board to focus on key priorities and services for residents in the county.  A first draft is due to be drawn up by December and views given in this pre-consultation survey will help shape and feed into this.

The survey is available on line at www.powys.gov.uk/haveyoursay until 16 November. Click on the title under the “pre-consultation” tab.  Arrangements have also been put in place with Disability Powys for anyone with a visual impairment to do the survey over the telephone. The number to call is: 0800 988 1691.

A forum was established a few years ago by the Council and Powys Teaching Health Board to allow us to get a better understanding of the issues facing residents with physical disabilities and sensory loss.  It is co-chaired by two Powys residents who continue to experience the challenges of living with specific conditions. 

Cllr Stephen Hayes, Cabinet Member for Adults Services said:

“The forum has been instrumental in informing and shaping our thinking and understanding around the services people with physical disabilities and/or sensory loss access or need to access. 

“Our five year plan will focus on such services and we would very much welcome any views and insights that individuals, families or professionals have about the draft priorities identified in the survey.  Issues such as having more choice and control and improving employment opportunities are just two of the priorities we’re keen to progress during the next five years.” 

Please share the link to the survey with your networks.

http://surveys.powys.gov.uk/index.php?sid=45881&lang=en 

Consultation: Improving opportunities to Access the outdoors

Improving opportunities to access the outdoors for responsible recreation

Access to the outdoors for recreation is a key part of our natural resources policy.

Start of consultation:10/07/2015

End of consultation:02/10/2015

RELATED LINKS

Rights of way and wider access

Everyone should have the chance to experience parks, woodlands, mountains and the coast through a range of activities. Outdoor recreation makes a valuable contribution to Wales and creates a number of health, environment, social and economic benefits.

We are seeking views on:

• ways to reduce the costs and burdens associated with administering public paths and wider access
• how we could better meet current and future recreational needs
• ways to tackle some of the practical difficulties of improving opportunities for all, not just for those who can afford to travel or those who are already enthusiasts about an activity.

HOW TO RESPOND

Please submit your comments by 02 October 2015, in any of the following ways:

EMAIL

AccessandOutdoorRecreation@wales.gsi.gov.uk

POST

Landscape and Outdoor Recreation Branch
Economy, Skills and Natural Resources Group
Welsh Government
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 3UR

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Any response you send us will be seen in full by Welsh Government staff dealing with the issues which this consultation is about. It may also be seen by other Welsh Government staff to help them plan future consultations.

The Welsh Government intends to publish a summary of the responses to this document. We may also publish responses in full. Normally, the name and address (or part of the address) of the person or organisation who sent the response are published with the response. This helps to show that the consultation was carried out properly. If you do not want your name or address published, please tell us this in writing when you send your response.

CONSULTATION DOCUMENTS

Consultation document (File size: 319KB)

Young person's consultation document (File size: 1.8MB)

Consultation response form (File size: 89KB)

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Three Weekly Rubbish Collections Consultation Goes Live on Monday 10th August 2015.

Having your say will help us understand how we can shape the future of rubbish collections in Powys. 

The consultation will close on 31st August 2015.

Please click on the link www.powys.gov.uk/consultations

Welsh Government Consultation Open

Draft statutory guidance on the National Training Framework on violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence

The Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 ('the Act') ensures a focus across the public sector on the prevention of these issues, the protection of victims and the support for those affected by such issues.

Consultation period: 31/07/15 - 23/10/15

Powys County Council Consultations Important for Children, Young People and Families

Currently Powys County Council have a number of issues that they want your views about as:

• 3rd sector service providers
• advocates for the voices of children, young people and families
• as expert witnesses of communities

There are a number of events to talk about and find out more across the county during June.  There are also surveys so that you can still have your voices heard.

You can also use PAVO as a communication channel to comment on any of these consultations.

Click on the following to take you directly to the Powys County Council page:

Consultations

• Public transport consultation
• Review of Early Years Education & Child Care provision
• Substance Misuse Strategy

Welsh Government Consultation: Early Years Outcomes Framework

In “Building a Brighter Future: Early Years and Childcare Plan” (2013) Welsh Government made a commitment to develop and consult on an Early Years Outcomes Framework.

The development of an outcomes framework will help Welsh Government to understand how great an impact our early years policies and programmes are having on children’s lives. It will help to identify where further improvement is needed and where we need to prioritise in the short, medium and long term.

 

To date the framework has been developed through the Early Years Partnership Board. We also held stakeholder workshops across Wales to test an earlier version of the framework. All feedback has been taken into account and the updated, proposed framework is now open to public consultation.

 

In order for the outcomes framework to be a success everyone that works across the early years, childcare and play sector should feel ownership of the proposed outcomes. It should help individuals across the sector to understand the contribution they make to improving these outcomes. To help ensure this we would really welcome your views and encourage you to review the consultation and return a response. It can be found at the following link:

 

http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/education/early-years-outcomes-framework/?lang=en

 

The closing date for responses is 15 January 2015.

 

Lisa McDougall

Early Years and Childcare Plan Project Manager

 

 

Bore da

 

Gwnaeth Llywodraeth Cymru ymrwymiad yn “Adeiladu Dyfodol Mwy Disglair: Cynllun Blynyddoedd Cynnar a Gofal Plant” (2013) i ddatblygu Fframwaith Canlyniadau ar gyfer y Blynyddoedd Cynnar ac ymgynghori arno. Bydd datblygu fframwaith canlyniadau yn help i Lywodraeth Cymru ddeall pa cymaint o effaith y  mae ein polisïau a’n rhaglenni blynyddoedd cynnar yn ei chael ar fywyd plant. Bydd yn help i nodi lle mae angen gwelliant pellach a lle mae angen blaenoriaethu ar gyfer y tymor byr, y tymor canolig a’r tymor hir.

 

Hyd yn hyn, mae’r fframwaith wedi’i ddatblygu gan Fwrdd Partneriaeth y Blynyddoedd Cynnar. Rydym hefyd wedi cynnal gweithdai i randdeiliaid ledled Cymru i brofi’r fersiwn cynnar o’r fframwaith. Mae’r holl adborth wedi cael ei ystyried, a bellach mae’r fframwaith diweddaraf a gynigir ar gael i ymgynghori’n gyhoeddus arno.

 

Er mwyn i’r fframwaith fod yn llwyddiant, rhaid i bawb sy’n gweithio yn y sector blynyddoedd cynnar, y sector gofal plant a’r sector chwarae deimlo elfen o berchnogaeth o ran y canlyniadau a gynigir. Dylai helpu unigolion ar draws y sector i ddeall y cyfraniad y maent ynl ei wneud. Er mwyn sicrhau hyn, byddem yn croesawu’ch sylwadau ac yn eich annog i ailedrych ar yr ymgynghoriad ac ymateb. Mae modd gweld yr ymgynghoriad yma:

 

http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/education/early-years-outcomes-framework/?skip=1&lang=cy

 

15 Ionawr 2015 yw’r dyddiad cau ar gyfer anfon ymatebion.

 

Lisa McDougall

Rheolwr Prosiect y Cynllun Blynyddoedd Cynnar a Gofal Plant

 

Lisa McDougall

Early Years Plan Project Manager / Rheolwr Prosiect Cynllun y Blynyddoedd CynnarEarly Years Team / Tim y Blynyddoedd Cynnar Department for Education and Skills – DfES / Yr Adran Addysg a Sgilliau  and / a Communities and Tackling Poverty Department /Yr Adran Cymunedau a Threchu Tlodi 

Welsh Government / Llywodraeth Cymru 

Welsh Government Developments: Consultations, Assessments & Inspections

Visit the Welsh Government website for the current consultation on Childcare Sufficiency Assessment Duty:

http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/childrenandyoungpeople/review-of-childcare-sufficiency-assessment-duty-on-local-authorities/?lang=en

PAVO will put in a response on behalf of 3rd Sector organisations.

Bear in mind that Welsh Government has recently published it's Guidance on Local Authorities Duty to secure Sufficient Play Opportunities and a Play Action Plan is required by October 2014.

In addition, Welsh Government also made a Statement on the Review of Childcare & Early education registration regulation and inspection. You can access a copy here:
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/earlyyearshome/independent-review-of-childcare-and-early-education-registration-regulation-and-inspection-exectutive-summary-and-recommendations/?lang=en

Welsh Government Consultation: Review of the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment Duty on Local Authorities

Review of the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment Duty on Local Authorities

This consultation document sets out a proposal for the future development of Childcare Sufficiency Assessments (CSAs) in Wales.

Start of consultation: 07/08/2014

End of consultation: 30/10/2014

This consultation seeks views on how the CSA process and content of the CSAs may be improved and made fit for purpose to meet the needs of all stakeholders who have a vested interest in childcare. These include:

• Practitioners and policy makers in the public, private and voluntary sectors who are either involved in undertaking the CSAs or whose policy area interacts with the CSAs
• Childcare providers (potential and existing) and those who benefit from the childcare on offer, such as parents, carers, employers, children and young people.

The Welsh Government in Building a Brighter Future: Early Years and Childcare Plan commits to reviewing the duty on local authorities to undertake a CSA.

Events

Practitioners and policy makers can also respond to the consultation by attending the following consultation events:

16 September 2014

Venue Cymru
The Promenade
Llandudno
Conwy
LL30 1BB

18 September 2014

Park Inn Hotel
Mary Ann Street
Cardiff
CF10 2JH

Please use the booking form below to reserve your place.

How to respond

Please submit your comments by 30 October 2014, in any of the following ways:

Email

childcareandplaymailbox@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Post

Anne Pound
Children, Young People and Families Division
Welsh Government
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ

Additional information

Any response you send us will be seen in full by Welsh Government staff dealing with the issues which this consultation is about. It may also be seen by other Welsh Government staff to help them plan future consultations.

The Welsh Government intends to publish a summary of the responses to this document. We may also publish responses in full. Normally, the name and address (or part of the address) of the person or organisation who sent the response are published with the response. This helps to show that the consultation was carried out properly. If you do not want your name or address published, please tell us this in writing when you send your response.

Large print, audio formats, Braille and alternative language versions of this document are available on request.

Consultation documents

Section A: (Practitioners and Policy Makers) Consultation Questions and Response Form. (File size: 39KB)

Section B: (Stakeholders – Users and Providers) Consultation Questions and Response Form. (File size: 35KB)

Event Booking form. (File size: 60KB)

Consultation Document - Review of the Childcare Sufficiency Assessment Duty on Local Authorities. (File size: 765KB)

Welsh Language Impact Assessment. (File size: 61KB)

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Call for 3rd Sector Response to Powys CYPP Joint Assessment Family Framework reviewed documentation

PAVO welcomes any comments about the new forms as part of this consultation.  

Please could PAVO have any comment on any of these forms by Thursday 17th July 2014.  This will then form a 3rd Sector Response into the CYPP.

Message from CYPP:

As part of our consultation process following the Joint Assessment Family Framework  independent review, We are sending you  the latest version of the draft of the revised CAF, which we hope you will have chance to read and make comments on.   Along with this there are a few notes to hopefully help explain the revised CAF.  Please do not use  this document until we write to you again with the final version.  It is planned that we will redesign the My World Triangle part of the form to reflect all the domains of care and development.

The Distance Travelled Tool (DTT) (required by Welsh Government to use to measure distance travelled)  is  also attached.  A slightly older version is already in use, but hopefully reading both the DTT and Draft CAF will help make sense of the colours in the child part of the assessment.  This will be used at the Initial TAF and the final TAF.

We will also be launching a new tool to help practitioners use the new CAF. They are a set cards which are not attached but are currently being  redesigned. These cards will help the practitioner and family to reach an agreement about which score to use for each domain or statement. Please do not use this version either until we contact you to confirm the new forms are to be used.

We appreciate these documents are new to most and therefore we are happy to discuss and answer any queries, whilst your staff look at them. We can arrange times before or at the end of LRSPs to make it convenient for practitioners to go through the documents if needed.

Child & Family Assessment DTT version

Draft CAF Notes

Draft JAFF Distance Travelled Tool v5

Contribute towards Contact A Family Cymru's response to Welsh Government Additional Learning Needs in Wales

Hello All

The Welsh Government is proposing to change the education system for children with additional learning needs in Wales. The full proposals are on the Welsh Government’s website here: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/education/proposals-for-additional-learning-needs-white-paper/?lang=en

Contact a Family Cymru is broadly supportive of many of the proposals; however, we are concerned that the new system may not fully meet the needs of families of children with disabilities and additional needs. We will be sending in our response to these proposals and we want it to be based on your views. Please help us to do that by completing the following short survey that seeks your views on four key issues.https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZWQC5F2

Please answer all the questions and complete the survey by 8pm on Wednesday 16th July.

Additionally, we urge you to give your own detailed comments on the Welsh Government proposals by visiting the website noted above.

Andrew Kirby                                                 

Contact a Family Cymru

Information officer/ 'Swyddog Gwybodaeth

Usual working hours: Mon, Tue and Wed.                                                                

Contact a Family Cymru

i deuluoedd gyda phlant anabl / for families with disabled children

33-35 Heol Gadeirlan / Cathedral Road, Caerdydd / Cardiff CF11 9HB

wwww.cafamily.org.uk/cymru

Consultation on Statutory Guidance on Securing Sufficient Play Opportunities

We will be holding Consultation Events to find out what guidance you need from Welsh Government to secure Sufficient Play Opportunities

Consultation on the Statutory Guidance on Securing Sufficient Play Opportunities

The main aim of this consultation is to ensure that those affected by this guidance have opportunities to offer their views regarding its contents, and to suggest additions and amendments.

Start of consultation: 10/03/2014

End of consultation: 30/05/2014

This draft guidance has been prepared under Sections 11 (3) and 11(4) of the Children and Families (Wales) Measure 2010. Section 11(3) places a duty on Local Authorities to secure sufficient play opportunities for children in their areas, so far as reasonably practicable, having regard to their play sufficiency assessment required under subsection (1).

Section 11(4) places a duty on Local Authorities to publish information about play opportunities for children in their areas and keep this information up to date.

Link to Welsh Government website: http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/childrenandyoungpeople/140310-play-opportunities-consultation/?lang=en

PAVO Response: Restructuring of provision for pupils with Additional Learning Needs in the 3 -11 age group

Please find below the link to our response to the Additional Learning Needs Consultation.

In summary, our response points out:

• there isn't enough data and information to make any comments on what future ALN provision should be.
• there isn't enough information about the proposed new ALN provision.
• there are comments that many children and families have greatly benefited from ALN Units, however, there also comments to say that this is not always the case.  
• the ALN provision affects all children in school and their views are also valuable.
• an offer to co-produce and work with the Council and families to evolve an appropriate service which meets the needs of ALL children with ALN.

CLICK HERE to download a full copy.

Additional Learning Needs Consultation on provision of early years & primary education - Process Continues

RESPONSES FOR ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS REQUIRED! You can now submit your responses via the following link: Response to ALN provision for 3-11 year olds This will contribute towards a 3rd Sector Response to the consultation. No doubt many of you will have seen the additional information that is now available on the Powys County Council Website to help support the Additional Learning Needs provision in early years and primary phase of education Consultation. The additional information is more detailed information from the Estyn reports regarding the performance of each of the schools which has an Additional Learning Needs Unit. PAVO will be collecting comments and making a response, onbehalf of the 3rd sector.  Please forward your comments to us so that we can present a comprehensive response from those who attend and those who do not attend Additional Learning Needs Units. extract from the letter from Powys County Council: Dear Stakeholder

Powys County Council is holding a formal consultation on restructuring its services for Additional Learning Needs and in particular provision for supporting pupils with special educational needs in the early years and primary phase of education. The consultation begins on 3rd February 2014 and closes at 5.00pm on 17th March 2014. The purpose of this letter is to draw your attention to an adddendum which serves as providing additional inromation to the consulation document which is available on the Council’s website  www.powys.gov.uk/haveyoursay If you require further information, or copies of the documentation in a different format, then please contact the Local Authority  on 01597 826422 or education@powys.gov.uk Annwyl Fudd-ddeiliad Mae Cyngor Sir Powys yn cynnal ymgynghoriad ffurfiol ar ailstrwythuro’i wasanaethau ar gyfer Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol ac yn benodol ei ddarpariaeth i gefnogi disgyblion ag anghenion addysgol yn y blynyddoedd cynnar a’r cyfnod addysg cynradd. Bydd yr ymgynghoriad yn dechrau ar 3 Chwefror 2014 ac yn cau am 5.00pm ar 17 Mawrth 2014. Mae dogfen ymgynghori ar gael ar wefan y Cyngor www.powys.gov.uk/haveyoursay ac mae copïau wedi’u hanfon at bob ysgol.  Os oes angen rhagor o wybodaeth arnoch, neu gopïau o’r ddogfennaeth ar ffurf wahanol, yna cysylltwch â’r Awdurdod Lleol ar 01597 826422 neu anfonwch e-bost at education@powys.gov.uk

Announcement of a Review of the Powys Young Carers Service

Announcement of a Review of the Powys Young Carers Service

Powys Carers Service has seen the number of Registered Young Carers increase by more than 30% over the last year and we have reached a critical point in our growth as a service. This means that we cannot keep opening our doors to new Young People at the same rate as we have seen over the last few years. With this in mind we have decided to review the status of ‘Young Carer’ and the services that we offer. This Review will take place from January until the end of March and we will be giving you opportunities to feed in your thoughts and ideas to this process.

The results may see a change in the definition of what a Young Carer is and therefore a reduction in the numbers of Young Carers registered. There may also be changes to the services we offer in order to target our funding and resources to those most in need.

We plan to consult and seek the views of young carers & their families, schools, youth service, social services & other support agencies in Powys. We will also be talking to other Young Carers Services in the UK to find out what they offer.

We will do this in the following ways

paper questionnaires

online surveys

website forums

facebook, twitter & email

face to face meetings

consultation events

telephone conversations

sessions in schools & colleges

conversations within young carers clubs

Consultation with statutory services and our commissioners

It is important that we gather the views of as many people as possible and we would be delighted to hear from you about your opinions and ideas. Please let us know what you think would be the best way to feed in your views. We will commit to be as inclusive as possible in this process and meet your identified communication preference

Please reply to dux@powyscarers.org.uk and label your email REVIEW

Or call 01597 823 800

Dux : Team Leader : Powys Young Carers

Consultation: Draft Children's Rights Scheme 2014

Draft Children’s Rights Scheme 2014

Arrangements for having due regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) when Welsh Ministers exercise any of their functions.

This consultation sets out the scheme to ensure that Welsh Government Ministers take due regard to Children's Rights and the United Nations Charter on the Rights of the Child when they exercise any of their ministerial functions.

You can find a copy of the Consultation Documentation, including a version for Young People 

HERE

If you wish to contribute towards a third sector response you can Complete an online survey for PAVO's response here.

We will collate responses (BY 20th February) and this will feed into responses:

1)  on behalf of the 3rd Sector in Powys, from PAVO.

2) via the Powys Children & Young People's Partnership.

3) via Children in Wales

4) via Play Wales

You can also submit your own response directly to Welsh Government.

For a copy of our DRAFT response please see below:

IMPORTANT Take Part in the PAVO Annual Stakeholder Survey

At PAVO we aim to continually improve the ways in which we provide services to the Third Sector in Powys. We would be very grateful if you would take the time to complete this brief survey, which will help us to continually better our understanding of and response to the needs of the Third Sector.

We will use your replies to feed into our review of services and service delivery and will continue to monitor and evaluate our performance in response to the feedback we receive.

This is an important opportunity to help shape the services that PAVO delivers. We need your feedback and suggestions of how we can respond to your needs effectively.

If you use this blog regularly and/or have accessed any support from PAVO you should now take part in this survey.

A reminder as well, to take part in the very small POLL at the top of this blog. We have 100's of visits to this site every month and it would be great to let us know what you think and any suggestions for development.

Welsh Government Consultation: Draft Children's Right Scheme 2014: Arrangements for having due regard to UNCRC

Please see below the latest important Welsh Government consultation.  Please send in any comments to PAVO (yvonne.owennewns@pavo.org.uk)  for a collective third sector response from Powys by Monday 17th February.

We, as the Welsh Government, would like to hear your opinion on the consultation document "Draft Children’s Rights Scheme 2014: Arrangements for having due regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) when Welsh Ministers exercise any of their functions”.  The consultation starts on 7 January 2014, all responses must be returned by 3 March 2014.  Please find link below:

http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/childrenandyoungpeople/childrens-rights-scheme-2014/?lang=en

Rydyn ni fel Llywodraeth eisiau clywed eich barn ar y ddogfen ymgynghori "Drafft Cynllun Hawliau Plant 2014: Trefniadau ar gyfer rhoi sylw dyledus i Gonfensiwn y Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Hawliau'r Plentyn(CCUHP) pryd bynnag y bydd Gweinidogion Cymru’n gweithredu unrhyw rai o’u swyddogaethau”.   Mae’r ymgynghoriad yn dechrau 7 Ionawr 2014, holl ymatebion erbyn 3 Mawrth 2014. Gweler linc isod

http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/childrenandyoungpeople/childrens-rights-scheme-2014/?lang=cy

Margaret                                                                               

Margaret Griffiths

Swyddog Cymorth Tîm/Team Support Officer

Llywodraeth Cymru/Welsh Government

Department for Health, Social Services and Children/Yr Adran Iechyd, Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol a Phlant

Grymuso Plant a Phobl Ifanc, A3, Sarn Mynach, Cyffordd Llandudno, Conwy LL31 9RZ

Empowering Children & Young People, A3, Sarn Mynach, Llandudno Junction, Conwy LL31 9RZ

ffon/tel: 0300 062 5552

ebost/email: margaret.griffiths2@wales.gsi.gov.uk