This report set out the outcomes of a scrutiny workshop held on 24 July 2019 for Members to gain an overview of, feed into, the 3-month Youth Review. Members had made a series of recommendations following the workshop. The Review looked at gathering opinion on the current activities and support services available to young people in the Wirral. Officers wanted to understand from young people themselves what activities they used, and what they would like to see available in the future as well as the support and advice they want going forward.

The next step in the Review was for an update report to cabinet in October, with a business case to Cabinet in February 2020.

RESOLVED: That

1)  the contents of the report be noted and the following comments and recommendations be agreed:

2)  What is apparent is the lack of information out there and members agreed that pivotal to success will be the delivery of the project. It needs to all be one page.

3)  Bus routes, passes, transport all cited as problems, including parents own perception of public transport. However, Members did suggest using the youth officer as an opportunity to lobby and suggested the possibility of bus companies and Merseyrail sponsoring youth services.

4)  It was also agreed that both local and national companies could invest in young people and local projects as they are future employees.

5)  Members were asked how measure the success and failure of the outcomes of the review? They agreed that the check for this is young people themselves. There should be robust analysis on the product to include social impact reports and KPI’s. pivotal to this should be less silo working and more partnership working.

6)  Members commented that once a new service is provided, the measure of success will be how much people get involved. Additionally, bad feedback should not be a measure of failure.