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Menopause and Criminal Justice: A Need for Greater Understanding

G4S Community provides a range of services across Wales, delivering psychosocial interventions that support people involved with or at risk of becoming involved with the Criminal Justice System. The Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) is one such service. Initially delivered as a pilot in Western Bay, underpinned by Home Office funding via Project ADDER, the … Continued

WLGA Annual Conference 2025

The Welsh Local Government Association’s (WLGA) 2025 Annual Conference will be held in person at Venue Cymru (Llandudno) on 18 and 19 June. The conference will explore and discuss how local government should continue to evolve and adapt to meet residents’ needs for the future. The line up of speakers includes leading politicians from local … Continued

Partner Vacancy: Head of Wales Neurodivergence Service

Neurodivergence Wales – Helping to improve the lives of neurodivergent people and their families in Wales. There is a vacancy for the Head of the Wales Neurodivergence (ND) Service to lead and manage the work of the National ND Team, funded by the Welsh Government, based within the WLGA but working closely with the NHS, … Continued

Save the date – 2025 Wales Safer Communities Awards

This year will mark the third Safer Communities Awards in Wales. The awards celebrate the work of projects, partnerships and people actively making communities safer across Wales. This year the awards ceremony will be heading to the university town of Aberystwyth on Thursday 27 November. After the inaugural ceremony in Swansea in 2023 the awards … Continued

South Wales OPCC Vacancies

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales currently has 3 vacancies for directors in the team: All the roles are based at South Wales Police headquarters in Bridgend with travel across the South Wales region. Further information about the roles can be found in job descriptions. Click the links above to … Continued

Serious and organised crime local profiles published

Dan Jarvis MBE MP, Minister for Security, has announced the publication of updated guidance which sets out Serious Organised Crime (SOC) local profiles and the guiding principles for their implementation. Whilst SOC local profiles are not new – introduced in 2014 – they have been refreshed to respond to the changes to SOC since 2014. … Continued

VAWDASV Blueprint – Group Concept Mapping Study

The Welsh Government Perpetrator Policy Team has commissioned the University of South Wales (USW) to establish an agreed definition of efficacy in relation to perpetrator interventions that will inform a Welsh Government position statement and to support the development of consistent commissioning and measurement of interventions to reduce perpetration. USW would be delighted if you … Continued

Future and long-term thinking – training events

The Future Generations Commissioner in partnership with other organisations is supporting a number of upcoming training events to prompt forward thinking. Future Hub Wales – How do I think long-term  Do you want to know more about long-term thinking, try out different foresight techniques and apply them in your work? There are two dates and … Continued

Volunteering Wales Strategic Grant

Could your organisation benefit from strategic thinking about volunteering? There’s a lot to learn from recipients of the Volunteering Wales Strategic Grants who have been leading pioneering projects that look long-term at volunteering and how we can unlock its potential. Resources that share findings from these projects are now available to use for free at … Continued

VAWDASV Research – Powerful Perpetrators

Powerful Perpetrators is a five-year project looking at sexual misconduct and abuse perpetrated by professionals, and the regulatory and administrative justice mechanisms used to investigate and sanction their behaviour. It is an ERC/UKRI funded project (EP/Y004698/1, 01-Nov-23 to 31-Oct-28) exploring the nature and prevalence of sexual misconduct and abuse perpetrated by professionals. It also seeks … Continued