Culture and faith

Chaired by: Andrew Fraser, Chair of Enfield LSCB (andrew.fraser@enfield.gov.uk)
Membership: Membership is made up of representatives from London’s diverse communities and faith groups, Local Safeguarding Children Boards and statutory and non-statutory agencies.
Future meeting dates (all at London Councils, 59 1/2 Southwark Street):

• Monday 8 March, 10am – 12pm
• Tuesday 27 April, 3pm - 5pm
• Monday 12 July, 9.30am - 11.30am
• Wednesday 20 October, 3pm – 5pm

Agendas for meetings will be circulated in advance.  All network members are asked to notify the London Safeguarding Children Board of their intention to attend at least 2 days in advance of the meeting - ian.dean@londoncouncils.gov.uk (for security purposes only those who have notified attendance can be admitted). 

For more information about the network, please contact Ian Dean – ian.dean@londoncouncils.gov.uk, 020 7934 9714

Papers from previous meetings

  January 20th 2009
  October 9th 2008
  April 1st 2008
  January 21st 2008

Related documents

  Terms of reference
-     Community partnership project
-     FGM resources 
  Barking and Dagenham LSCB - safeguarding children in places of worship (good practice guidance)

CCPAS "Kids are Safe Here" dvd for churches

Strategies to better safeguard children in highly diverse communities (8 Sept 2009)

Please follow the link below to download the presentations from our September seminar focusing on strategies to better safeguard children in highly diverse communities. This was delivered in partnership with the Victoria Climbie Foundation and highlighted work being undertaken by Coram, DMSS and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

 Coram Presentation 8 Sep 09
 Tower Hamlets (Foyzul Hoque) 8 Sep 09
Tower Hamlets (Philip Messant) 8 Sep 09   

Working with faith communities seminar (30 April 2009)