All Party Group
on Children & Young People

We are the Secretariat to the All Party Group on Children and Young People. The Group provides a forum to enable cross party discussion and co-operation on issues affecting children and young people.

PURPOSE
& MISSION

Raise the profile of children’s issues and to work with the children’s sector to facilitate better coordination on children’s issues inside and outside government.

STRATEGY

  • To provide a forum to facilitate and enable cross party discussion and co-operation on children and young people’s issues.

  • To raise the profile of the children and young people’s issues within the Assembly and the Executive.

  • To secure and maintain a priority focus on children and young people’s issues in the Programme for Government.

The next meeting of the All Party Group will take place Tuesday 29 September 2026 with a focus on child poverty.

If you wish to attend, register your interest by emailing ernest@ci-ni.org.uk.