The UK’s first child-friendly metropolis has been revealed.
UNICEF UK has introduced that Cardiff is the primary metropolis within the nation to be awarded the standing.
The globally recognised award goals to rejoice cities the place kids’s rights have been embedded in insurance policies and companies.
As a part of the method, UNICEF UK works with councils and their companions over a interval of three to 5 years, to attain the title.
The standing “recognises progress, not perfection”, in accordance with UNICEF.
Cities and communities must develop a sustainability plan, outlining how they goal to construct on progress.
At the beginning of their interval working with UNICEF, cities must set out an motion plan, with these targets reviewed in opposition to the proof councils submit.
‘Commitment and laborious work’
Cardiff Council has labored with organisations throughout the town to implement initiatives and methods to help kids and younger folks to take advantage of their rights.
As a part of Cardiff’s work on kids’s rights, greater than 5,500 council and associate employees have accomplished youngster rights coaching.
A complete of three,595 kids and younger folks have additionally obtained participation and rights coaching.
Chief govt of the UK committee for UNICEF, Jon Sparkes, stated changing into the primary UNICEF child-friendly metropolis within the UK was “testament to the significant commitment and hard work” of the council and its companions.
‘Children’s voices at coronary heart of native selections’
“It also marks a promise to Cardiff’s children and young people – that the council will continue to make sure children’s voices are at the heart of local decisions,” he added.
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Leader of Cardiff Council, Councillor Huw Thomas, stated the council’s goal was that each one kids “feel safe, heard, nurtured and able to thrive”.
“The foundation of this change has been the development of a rights-respecting culture across the council and city-wide partners to ensure our staff are knowledgeable and confident regarding rights and their practice.
“This has been supported by coverage which has empowered kids and younger folks to be meaningfully concerned in selections that matter to them.”
Source: information.sky.com”