Senior representatives of all major local organisations working for and on behalf of children and young people and their families have joined together to form a multi-agency executive Change for Children Board,  acting as a Children's Trust for Bournemouth. The Board has two key purposes:

To oversee the change process associated with implementing the “Change for Children” agenda
To exercise shared responsibility for performance of services to children and young people in Bournemouth.

A Shared Commitment
 
All member organisations and partners are dedicating staff time to operational multi-agency projects and further developing co-operative working. Many are also involved in “pooling resources” to fund special support and care packages for children and young people. Patterns of working are changing across all services as local Children’s Trust arrangements become simply “the way we do things.”

All of the organisations involved are committed to developing and maintaining equality, diversity and good race relations, and to improving the education and care of children and young people of all backgrounds. These key aims will continue to be promoted through the work and influence of all partners.

• The Board’s Terms of Reference

Membership of the Board is as follows:

Pauline Batstone
Manager, Youth Offending Team
 
Chris Bradey
Chair of Bournemouth Association of Secondary Headteachers
 
Roger Browning
Chief Executive, Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust
 
Blair Crawford
Executive Director, YMCA
 
Adrian Dawson
Director of Public Health, Bournemouth & Poole Primary Care Trust
 
Cllr Malcolm Davies
Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services, Bournemouth Borough Council
 
Pam Donnellan
Chief Executive, Bournemouth Borough Council
 
Debbie Fleming
Chief Executive. Bournemouth & Poole Primary Care Trust
 
Neil Goddard
Interim Head of Children's Strategic Services, Bournemouth Borough Council
 
Ann Graham
Head of Children's Social Care, Bournemouth Borough Council
 
Fiona Haughey
Deputy Director of Health Improvement Services, Bournemouth & Poole Primary Care Trust

Martin Hiles
Superintendent, Bournemouth & Poole Division Command Team, Dorset Police
 
Sarah Hughes
Partnership Director, Learning & Skills Council
 
Andy Hutchison
Chief Officer, National Probation Service, Dorset Area
 
Di Mitchell
Head of Education and Engagement, Bournemouth Borough Council
 
David Nayler
Primary Headteachers’ Representative. c/o Winton Primary School
 
Jane Portman
Executive Director, Children & Families Services, Bournemouth Borough Council
 
Martin Smits
Director of Nursing, Child Health Department, Poole Hospital NHS Trust
 
Wendy Staples
Home-Start South East Dorset
 
Andrew Williams
Chief Executive, Connexions Partnership