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Bridget Dawson MOD Directorate Children and

Young People

Emma BaarsSSAFA Children and Young Persons

Officer/ Short Breaks Leader

Priority areas in DCYP’s Work

• Mobility and Deployment• Healthy Lifestyles• Inspirational and exciting learning• Safeguarding• Allowing the voices of children and young

people heard• Preparing young people for the world of work

“The day gives children and young people the chance to work

with adults for the day and be involved in decision-making.

Children benefit from the opportunity to experience the world of work and make their voices heard, while adults and organisations gain a fresh perspective on what they do.”

- Office for the Children’s Commissioner, 2014

Takeover Day 2011

Members of the SSAFA Bereaved Siblings Support Group Spoke to school children about what remembrance meant to them and heard poems written by the children

Takeover Day 2012Young Apprentice Style Day

Held at the Department of Health

Making use of MOD Children and Young People’s Strategy and Improvement Plan, and the local C&YP Plan

TASKS:-Test the MOD game – give feedback

-Devise your own development team – make your own game using themes from either the MOD or local C&YP Plan

-Create an advert for your game and present this to DH and MOD staff and parents

The final game

Contact

Bridget DawsonMOD DCYP

DCYP-DCYP-Multiuser@mod.uk

Emma BaarsSSAFA

emma.b@ssafa.org.uk