Children’s MARS Board Communication
Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers: Promoting Social and Community Cohesion in Your VCFSE Setting
Community VISION is pleased to announce that they have been awarded funding from the Ministry for Communities, Housing and Local Government (MCHLG) to deliver a number of sessions both online and in person, in North Lincolnshire, aimed at supporting local communities to increase community cohesion.
You’re invited to attend the upcoming interactive workshops on community cohesion. The workshops are aimed at all staff, paid and unpaid within voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE), sector settings, working to reduce conflict and increase collaboration and cohesion.
Please book via the following links:
For the in-person event in Scunthorpe on 22nd April 2025: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/communityvision/1649977
For the online sessions on either Wednesday 16th (day time) or Thursday 24th April (evening) 2025: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/communityvision/1649965
Social Media and Youth Violence
The Youth Select Committee, an initiative led by the National Youth Agency, has published a new report investigating the impact of social media on youth violence.
For Further information please review the report here.
Child Welfare
The Prime Minister’s Office has published a press release following a meeting about adolescent safety and other issues raised within the recent TV series ‘Adolescence’.
For further information, please review the press release here
The NSPCC Learning also have a wealth of information in respect to ‘Talk Relationships’ which supports all UK secondary schools to confidently deliver inclusive sex and relationships education. For further information, visit their site here
Humberside Police: Lived Experience Event featuring Amanda Hailes
In partnership with University of Hull, Humberside Police are facilitating a lived experience event on 22 May 2025, at 10.30am. Amanda Hailes will speak about her lived experience of Domestic Abuse, of street-based sex work and sexual violence she encountered as well as her experience with the criminal justice system.
Please complete the registration form via this link
https://forms.office.com/e/68aMCYJ9dzto.
You will be sent the Teams link ahead of the session.
Child Sexual Abuse: CSA Centre
The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) has published a report on child sexual abuse in the UK. The report summarises key research and statistics about child sexual abuse.
Please find the publication here: What you need to know about child sexual abuse | CSA Centre