ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITIES

Ways of engaging with communities

• FIND OUT

• CONNECT WITH COMMUNITIES

• 3 LISTEN

• NEGOTIATE WAYS OF WORKING TOGETHER

Challenges of the work

Key messages from the project about engaging with

communities

• Limited available literature on the 4 areas of concern with the exception of FGM.

• Identifying the key partners in preventing and promoting the issues of safeguarding children and how to sustain lasting links with Faith Groups and targeted community organisations.

• The absence of a simple summary child protection leaflet to hand out to individuals at seminars in different languages.

• Collating information : Quantitative information on the 4 areas of concern is very difficult as baseline info is almost non existent

• Issues outside the CPA areas of concerns which were identified as concerns from the communities.

• Limited information about which community/faith group agencies exist in a given borough and what initiatives or services they are offering or may want to become involved in.

• Limited information about what family support services and community services the CPA can direct families to.