New guidance on consulting with children and young people

Draft Guidance for Public Authorities on Consulting with Children and Young People

The Equality Commission is consulting on Guidance for Public Authorities on Consulting with Children and Young People.

Background

Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 requires public authorities, in carrying out their functions relating to Northern Ireland, to have due regard to the need to promote equality of opportunity, in respect of the nine categories, including as part of the age category, children and young people.

The Commission hopes that the Guidance will assist public authorities to fulfill their statutory duties in respect of consulting directly with children and young people.

The Guidance supplements and builds on the consultation guidelines in the Guide to the Statutory Duties, providing direction on how best to consult and how to promote participation and engagement.

Consultation events

As part of the consultation process, the Commission will be hosting a number of consultation events to discuss this guidance document and to obtain further feedback from consultees as follows:

Wednesday 30 May – Ballybot House, NEWRY – 2pm to 4pm

Thursday 31 May 2007 – Calgach Centre, DERRY – 2pm to 4pm

Friday 1 June - Equality House, BELFAST – 11 am to 1pm

If you wish to attend, please download, complete and return a registration form

Send a response

The closing date for comments for this consultation is 27 July 2007. If you would like to respond to the consultation please download the Guidance Document and use the Consultation questionnaire to make your response