Submission Documents: By Councillor Maggie McTernan:- "This Council notes, with disappointment, the continued poor School Leavers Destinations for those in care in Glasgow. Council notes that this is just one of many injustices and inequalities that care-experienced and otherwise looked-after young people face. Council believes that the wealth of our City is created by its people; and that the wealth of this City should be used for the benefit of those people. Council believes that this wealth should be especially used for the benefit of those who are most disadvantaged, and that it is the responsibility of this Council to continue finding creative and innovative ways to achieve that aim. Council believes that more can and should be done to support Glasgow's care leavers. Council notes that Scottish Government statistics show that 492 young people from Glasgow ceased to be looked after between 1st August 2015 and 31st July 2016. Council therefore resolves to create a Care Leavers Dividend Fund, to provide those young people in the City who have left care with a small grant to help them as they branch off on their own. Council further instructs the City Convener for Health and Social Care Integration to work with the relevant City Policy committee to produce a paper on the implementation of this fund, including how it should be invested, so that the value may grow over time; the role of credit unions in the dispersal of this 'dividend'; and to bring this paper before the City Administration Committee in due course." Help Icon

This is the list of documents available for the submission By Councillor Maggie McTernan:- "This Council notes, with disappointment, the continued poor School Leavers Destinations for those in care in Glasgow. Council notes that this is just one of many injustices and inequalities that care-experienced and otherwise looked-after young people face. Council believes that the wealth of our City is created by its people; and that the wealth of this City should be used for the benefit of those people. Council believes that this wealth should be especially used for the benefit of those who are most disadvantaged, and that it is the responsibility of this Council to continue finding creative and innovative ways to achieve that aim. Council believes that more can and should be done to support Glasgow's care leavers. Council notes that Scottish Government statistics show that 492 young people from Glasgow ceased to be looked after between 1st August 2015 and 31st July 2016. Council therefore resolves to create a Care Leavers Dividend Fund, to provide those young people in the City who have left care with a small grant to help them as they branch off on their own. Council further instructs the City Convener for Health and Social Care Integration to work with the relevant City Policy committee to produce a paper on the implementation of this fund, including how it should be invested, so that the value may grow over time; the role of credit unions in the dispersal of this 'dividend'; and to bring this paper before the City Administration Committee in due course." .

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Item Minute - 05 April 2018 Minute Public Open Document in PDF Format
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