Item 15 - Nurtured DIG
West Dunbartonshire Council · 20 November 2025
Back to Community Planning West Dunbartonshire Management Board — 20 November 2025 and its agenda
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Management Board Meeting Development and Improvement Groups (DIGs): Highlights and Issues Report FOR INFORMATION ONLY X FOR DECISION Name of DIG Nurture Date of report Name and email of lead contact Lesley.James@West-Dunbarton.gov.uk 1 Highlights of activity and progress since last meeting Keeping the Promise Highlights Voices of the Promise Initiatives: Development of What is the Promise? Module for use with all children and young people with a second facilitator session on the 20th of November Unheard voices, Unbroken Spirits youth-led theatre project in October and November telling collective stories of care experience alongside a workshop for decision makers. Language Use in Care Promoting respectful, strengths-based language with Getting it WRITE for Every Child' training delivered by Action for Children with actions to review Policy documents reviewed through Promise-aligned lens and resources such as the Framing Report Writing Guidance from Each and Every Child UNCRC Highlights Parent information sessions held with WDC Parent Forum. WDC Children’s Rights Page set up Home and shared with parents and schools to increase awareness and promote understanding. All schools have a Rights Ambassador and a forum has been established to support developments. UNCRC guidance has been produced and shared with all services Whole Family Wellbeing Professional Learning Calendar for those working with children Multi-agency calendar co-created and issued termly Ongoing evaluations to improve workforce capacity ITEM 15
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Whole Family Wellbeing (WFW) Engagement Consultations with families to shape support with a new Speech & Language Workshop for Parents & Carers being developed to support early language and communication Videos created to showcase Family HUB supports and gather feedback Evaluation Against WFWF Framework Termly evaluations to assess strengths and guide improvements Mental Health and Wellbeing Group Planet youth survey underway in schools to support service planning. Planet Youth event taking place on the 19th of November on Planet Youth in West Dunbartonshire : Partnerships for Prevention bringing together partners from across West Dunbartonshire to: Build a shared understanding of the Planet Youth approach. Review findings from the 2023 local survey and hear from young people. Explore opportunities for collaboration and collective action to strengthen prevention. Childrens services plan 2023-26 Annual report compiled for 2024-25 Pentana scorecare updated and aligned to individual officers Development of new Plan 2026-29 Visioning session carried out in August with a draft vision developed and work underway to develop priorities at key ages and stages. Follow up in early November to progress. 2 Outline of any issues/risks and how these are being managed Promise: Low staff attendance at training sessions UNCRC: No major barriers; improved multi-agency engagement 3 Outline of the main outputs expected before next meeting Strategic needs assessment for childrens services Priorities for 26-29 and initial draft children service plan Planet Youth in West Dunbartonshire event on 19/11/25 and write up 4 What are your requirements of partners in the Community Planning Management Board to achieve the outcomes of the DIG?
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Continued participation in the development of the refreshed childrens service plan and commitment to consider the needs of the most vulnerable babies, children and young people in all services Consideration of how best to pool the staff and financial resources to focus on early intervention and prevention. 5 Please outline any good news story you wish to share Contained in report
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