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Children's Trust


The Rochdale Borough Children’s Trust is a statutory partnership responsible for improving the
lives of our children and young people. It has five main objectives and these are:

  • Being healthy
  • Staying safe
  • Enjoying and achieving
  • Making a positive contribution
  • Achieving economic wellbeing

The Children's Trust is a multi-agency strategic group responsible for driving forward the changes that will continue to ensure that we really make a difference for children and young people and their families – especially the most vulnerable who are most at risk of poor outcomes.   Unlike NHS Trusts, Children’s Trusts are not legal entities – they are a partnership arrangement with a common line of action rather than a legal commitment.

The Children’s Trust, which has an independent chair, is responsible for setting the policy framework for the Children and Young People’s Plan (CYPP). An Executive Board (the CSF Joint Strategic Commissioning Group) has delegated powers in respect of implementation of the CYPP.  The Children's Trust has a scrutiny function and holds the Executive to account with non-executive members identifying areas of the Children and Young People’s Plan on which they would like to receive reports.

Six Lead Groups report to the Children’s Trust: one for each of the five national outcomes and one for the Change for Children processes.  These groups are really important as they oversee improvement on activity towards the key priorities outlined in the Children and Young People’s Plan. Each Lead Group is chaired by a senior officer who sits on the CSF Joint Strategic Commissioning Group and the core membership is made up of Trust members.  Additional officers or representatives are co-opted as appropriate.  A range of multi-agency operational groups that lead on particular performance indicators report to a specific Lead Group.

Children's Trust Structure

There are several groups that report to the Children’s Trust board these lead groups are focused on:

  • Staying Safe
  • Being Healthy
  • Enjoying & Achieving
  • Achieving Economic Wellbeing
  • Making a Positive Contribution
  • Change for Children

Children's Trust Structure

Contact details for the Children's Trust 

Chair of Rochdale Borough Children's Trust
Malcolm Allan
Director of Personnel 
Robert McBride Ltd 
Contact Details: m.allan@mcbride.co.uk

Priority Partnership Co-ordinator
Kath Sanderson
Partnerships Manager
Rochdale Council
Contact Details: kath.sanderson@rochdale.gov.uk