Strategy

At Young Gloucestershire (YG), everything we do is guided by a three-year strategy. Our approach to building strategy always starts with the voices that matter most, young people, families, and communities. We also listen to our staff, partner agencies, and funders. All of this input is used by our Board of Trustees to shape the organisation’s strategic direction.

While our strategy sets the long-term vision, we develop an annual work plan that translates this vision into clear steps. This plan is shared with all staff and discussed through monthly culture conversations and manager reflection sessions to ensure we stay on track and adapt as needed.

Vision and Mission

Vision:
Children, young people, and their families have the confidence, motivation, and skills to improve their lives.

Mission:
We create opportunities that educate, inform, and inspire by:
Providing training and mentoring to help young people take the next step.
Offering practical support so children, young people, and families can make informed decisions.
Working with communities to create opportunities for young people.

Strategic Priorities
Our strategy focuses on 15 key areas:
Improve mental health and well being outcomes for children, young people, and families.
Enhance education, employment, and training opportunities.
Improve outcomes through trusted adult relationships.
Identify gaps in communities and provide targeted interventions.
Expand family support, placing children and young people at the centre.
Ensure young people’s voice is at the core of all work.
Create opportunities for young people to have fun.
Respond to emerging needs effectively.
Develop a diverse and skilled workforce to deliver the strategy.
Maintain safeguarding as a central focus.
Develop sustainable income sources to fund our work.
Build and maintain the infrastructure needed to support our services.
Communicate YG’s and young people’s story through data.
Maintain the quality of all services.
Create a lasting legacy to ensure YG supports future generations.

The annual work plan is developed around these priorities, translating strategy into action.

Partnership and Collaboration
We believe it “takes a village to raise a child.” YG is proud to be part of a network of partners across Gloucestershire working to improve outcomes for children, young people, and families. Some of our formal roles include:

CEO is Co-chair of the Being Well – One Plan pillar
Member of Gloucestershire’s Coalition for Young People
Partner in the Gloucestershire Children’s Safeguarding Board
Engagement in the Health and Well being Board and local ILPs
We actively align with Gloucestershire’s One Plan, the countywide strategy for all young people, to ensure our work complements and strengthens wider initiatives.