dr lauren devine & mr stephen parker - ideas for good: education and young people - 21st april...

The SAFER InitiativeDr Lauren Devine Mr Stephen Parker

Bristol Law School, UWE

The SAFER Initiative

Theoretical

researchApplying

the research

Setting up the project

Working with

partners

What we learnt

Next steps

‘A social enterprise project applying research findings to

an identified social need’

What is the SAFER Initiative?

Our linked research projects identified a welfare gap in:• Child protection & safeguarding

training for schools; and• Support for referred families.

The research

Finding a way to address the need…Creation of the SAFER Initiative.

Applying the research

Deciding the project’s structure and aims.

Finding start up funding.

Setting up the project

Finding the right partner and working with them.

Working with partners

Early stages of the pilot project Important to establish the need

for the enterprise and widen partnership network

Next step is the regional, then national launch

What we learnt/next steps

The SAFER Initiative

Theoretical

researchApplying

the research

Setting up the project

Working with

partners

What we learnt

Next steps