We are Wirral

We Are Wirral Children’s Services is a campaign aiming to create and follow a list of shared goals to make the work Wirral Children’s Services better and help families and the Council get along well by working together.

In January 2025, we held the first "We Are Wirral Children’s Event." It included Council leaders, workers from Children’s Services, parents, and young people. Together, we made a list of what we expect from the people who work with children.

  • Our aims as Wirral Children’s Services are:

    • We create opportunities for all children and young people

    • We do the right thing for children and families

    • Children who come into care are better off because of it

We want to hear from you!

We want to continue the discussion. You can use the form below to tell us your thoughts and help us to continue to make Wirral and amazing place to grow up.

Let Us Know

You Said, We Did!

Here’s how your feedback is shaping services across Wirral.

Children’s Services

What we did:

  • Activities Map

  • “Day in the Life” sessions

What your feedback is changing:

  • We found gaps in activities and leisure options for young people.

  • Your feedback on how you spend your time is helping us work out the best ways to reach you and improve what’s on offer.

Public Health

What we did:

  • Vaping Interactive Presentation

What your feedback is changing:

  • A full review of school resources about vaping is now happening (rolling out from January 2026).

  • You highlighted the need for better support in youth settings and clearer info for parents and professionals.

  • We’ll use this to improve awareness of ABL Stop Smoking Services and make support easier for young people to access.

Community Safety & Neighbourhoods

What we did:

  • Help Points Interactive Presentation

What your feedback is changing:

  • Your insights will help shape the Community Safety Strategy for 2027 — making sure safety plans reflect what young people actually experience.

Active Wirral

What we did:

  • Active Wirral Interactive Presentation

What your feedback is changing:

  • Changes are already being made to make activities more accessible.

  • It’s helping shape decisions about future funding and new services.

  • We’re strengthening links with Children’s Services and making sure staff really listen to young people.

  • Your voices will guide safer, more meaningful activities across Wirral.

Youth Participation and Engagement

What we did:

  • Workshop and Talk

What your feedback is changing:

  • Through Youth Participation and Engagement, we will make sure that young people’s voices are heard in the Wirral and in the Liverpool City Region.

  • We will make sure that we have many varied ways to offer gaining varied youth voice as we move forward.

  • Working in collaboration with departments, services and organisations that represent young people in Wirral.

  • You have access to speak to give your opinions by joining groups such as UK Members of Youth Parliament, Wirral Youth

  • Parliament, the Liverpool City Region Youth Combined Authority, The Wirral Youth Voice group, The Wirral SEND Youth Voice group,

  • The COOL Youth Environment group, The Junior Art smart Care Experienced Voice group, and the developing Wirral Young Inspectors group plus, work on local, regional, and national youth issues with government from a Wirral Perspective.

  • The feedback you gave at the We are Wirral event regarding your youth voice experience.

  • Which was written on the shock and jigsaw cards, have been given to Senior Leaders in Children,

  • Families and Education, for them to reflect upon and develop. 

ZILLO

What we did:

  • Zillo Interactive Presentation

What your feedback is changing:

  • Young Reporters is expanding across Wirral so more young people can share their views.

  • All ZILLO advice and support pages are being updated to be clearer, more useful, and cover more topics.

  • We’ve started early discussions about bringing the Right Side of Care offer into ZILLO to make support easier to find and more joined‑up.