Every Child Matters

Every Child Matters: Change for Children is a new approach to the well-being of children and young people from birth to age 19.

The programme places better outcomes for children firmly at the centre of all policies and approaches involving children's services. These outcomes are:

Be healthy
Stay safe
Enjoy and achieve through learning
Make a positive contribution to society
Achieve economic well-being

The programme demands that all organisations that provide services to children work together in more integrated and effective ways.

The need for change was made apparent in Lord Laming's report into the death of Victoria Climbi

In 2003, the Government published a green paper called Every Child Matters alongside its formal response to Lord Laming's report.

There was a wide consultation with people working in children's services, and with parents, children and young people. Following this consultation, the Government published Every Child Matters: the Next Steps, and passed the Children Act 2004, providing the legislative spine for developing more effective and accessible services focused around the needs of children, young people and families.

Every Child Matters: Change for Children

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