Decision details

PCC DN - Challenger Budget – Greater Manchester Schools Competition

Decision Maker: Director for Safer and Stronger Communities

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Programme Challenger are currently developing a Greater Manchester Schools Competition Pilot and will need funding to support its development and delivery which will encompass, funding to develop the winning idea, venue costs, awards, gift bags, and vouchers.

Decision:

Programme Challenger will allocate £9,000 to developing and delivering a Greater Manchester Schools Competition Pilot in collaboration with GM Complex Safeguarding Hub and locality complex safeguarding teams.

The aim of the pilot would be to engage with young people aged 11-17 years old in developing ideas which could be pitched to a panel of experts in a dragon den style, with a view to developing creative ways to identify solutions to tackle and/or prevent child exploitation with children and young people.

Participating students would improve their knowledge and awareness of exploitation, whilst also gaining valuable skills such as delivering presentations, working as a team, finance planning and undertaking research.

In the first year, we acknowledge that not all schools will choose to engage in this work, but we hope that as the profile builds, and the approach is refined, there will be increased engagement across GM. The pilot schools involved will be helping us shape this pioneering approach to listening and responding to the voice of children and young people. If successful, the competition would become an annual event, providing an opportunity to listen to young people’s voices on wider social issues which link to exploitation.

Publication date: 29/10/2024

Date of decision: 02/10/2024