Safe Communities Project National Steering Group
A forum for members of the Safe Communities Project initiative
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The Safe Communities Project National Steering Group provides a forum for members to be consulted on all aspects of the initiative, provide advice and to share learning.
Members of the Steering Group includes senior representatives from:
the Children's Social Care or Local Safeguarding Children Boards in three local pilot sites of Brent, Birmingham and Denbighshire
grant-making bodies
national umbrella and membership groups able to represent the beneficiary organisations
organisations or individuals with particular expertise in relation to the Welsh language, disabled children and young people, and black and minority ethnic children and young people
local and national government in England and Wales.
The purpose of the Steering Group is to:
consult with key partners, policy makers and representatives of beneficiary organisations on how best to achieve the overall project aims and outcomes and meet users needs
provide a forum for sharing the learning from the roll-out of the project locally and nationally in England and Wales and for identifying what is essential to support good safeguarding practice in community organisations
to advise on and assist with the dissemination of learning from the project and inform and influence policy and practice throughout England and Wales.
The group will meet on a quarterly basis for the duration of the project.
Forthcoming meeting dates
- Tuesday 9 September 2008
- Tuesday 9 December 2008.
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For further information about the Safe Communities Project please telephone 0116 234 7253 or email toolkit@nspcc.org.uk