The Surrey Alliance for Children, Young People & Families, brings together services for children and young people in Surrey and has shared leadership and collective responsibility for improving outcomes for children, young people, and families. It is the Children & Young People (CYP) Thematic Partnership of the Surrey Strategic Partnership (SSP). It replaces the Surrey Children and Young People's Commissioning Partnership and meets the requirements of the Children Act 2004.

Purpose of the Alliance

Agencies within the Alliance will come together, aligning priorities and resources to realise the following benefits:

• Better outcomes for children, young people and families
• Consistency in access and provision across the County
• Maximum value for money

The Alliance will achieve this by:

• Having ambition and vision for the well being of our children & young people which can be benchmarked internationally.
• Ensuring the voice of children and young people and their parent/carers influences what we do.
• Efficient and creative programming of services which leads to less fragmentation and reduced duplication.
• Joint targeting of the same communities and families to address areas of highest need.
• Systems that enable frontline staff to work together and share skills.
• Building evidenced based intervention and services around children and families.

The Alliance will focus on areas where value can be added by working together because collaboratively more can be achieved than individually.

What's New!

• Young people's feedback needed on the draft strategy for Surrey's children and young people
• Tell us what you think about our draft strategy for Surrey's children and young people: "A World Class Start to Life".
• Surrey Alliance e-update
• Aiming High For Disabled Children
• Key priorities for the children and young people's strategy 2010-14
• Peer review of governance of children's services