Making Langholm
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Children and Young People: Our 2030 vision
Our young people will be fully involved in decision-making, project development and enterprise in Langholm helping to ensure that Langholm is a thriving community. Children and young people are a vibrant part of our community.
Making Langholm an attractive place for our children and young people to grow up in, stay in, and come back to is a key priority for the future of our town. In order to achieve real change and progress we need to engage young people in a meaningful way, develop more dedicated spaces and create more opportunities for young people in Langholm.
To help us to do this we will work with a range of key players such as the Xcel Youth Project, Outpost Arts, local schools and community organisations, SURF, and Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Children and Young People: By 2022
Establish a Youth Forum.
- Build on the work of the ‘Upstart Project’ to identify participants and overall purpose of the forum.
- Support young people to be involved.
Children and Young People: By 2025
Develop new places and spaces for young people to meet and take part in activities.
- Support young people to take the lead on developing youth-led space for hang out and as a base for activity programmes, music making and leisure facilities. Develop a youth-led events programme creating more cultural opportunities for young people.
- Support young people to take the lead on this. Provide more support for young people to gain employment.
- Local projects/agencies will provide opportunities for young people to take on voluntary work and to get help with key employment skills (CVs, interviews, etc.).
Children and Young People: By 2030
We will have more active youth involvement in decision-making and strategy processes, a more robust school and community partnership, and many of our young people taking up employment in roles created from implementation of the Community Plan.
