About the London Safeguarding Children Board
The London Board provides strategic advice and support to London’s 32 Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs). The London Board is not responsible for individual child protection matters – if you are concerned that a child may be at risk of harm, please contact your local children's social care team. Please follow the link below for the Board's formal terms of reference:
London Safeguarding Children Board terms of reference
The London Board has now signed off a joint work plan between London Councils, GOL, NHS London and the Met Police, which marks a considerable step forward in terms of pan-London partnership on safeguarding. Hard copies of this joint safeguarding support offer will be circulated to all London LSCBs and is available to download below.
London Safeguarding Support Leaflet (23 Sept 09)
The London Board is chaired by Cheryl Coppell (Chief Executive, LB Havering), and its membership is made up of representatives from the London boroughs, the police, health, and probation; and London independent, voluntary and community agencies. Please follow the link below for full membership details:
The London Safeguarding Children Board's workstreams are managed by the Board Manager, Ian Dean. The Board’s current initiatives are outlined in regular update reports, the latest of which can be downloaded via the links below:
London Board update: March 2010
London Board update: January 2010
London Board update: December 2009
London Board update: September 2009
London Board update: August 2009
London Board update: July 2009
London Board update: April 2009
The London Board aims to respond to London agencies’ needs on specific issues, within a broad remit of:
- Providing a strategic safeguarding children policy lead for London;
- Promoting information sharing and collaboration in practice guidance and training for London agencies;
- Supporting research and initiatives to improve services and practice in London;
- Helping London agencies meet the challenges of national safeguarding children policy.
The London Safeguarding Children Board facilitates a number of professional networks and subgroups on specific issues - please follow the link below for more information about the structure of the Board:
London Safeguarding Children Board networks and subgroups.
For more information about the work of the London Board, please contact Ian Dean, London Board Manager, on 020 7934 9714.
