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Safer Communities Awareness Week 2023

Safer Communities Awareness Week 2023

Why are we running a Safer Communities Awareness Week?

The Wales Safer Communities Network is hosting its first ever Safer Communities Awareness Week for Wales. The Network is the strategic voice that champions and connects everyone involved in community safety in Wales so they can create safer communities – locally, regionally and nationally.

The Awareness Week is an opportunity to raise the profile of community safety work and highlight some of the innovative work that is taking place across Wales.

We look forward to celebrating the work that is taking place to make our communities safer across Wales with you!

 

Events

Monday 18 September

At the beginning of the Week, we launched our first Wales Safer Communities Network film with Rt Hon Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister of Wales, to highlight the importance of working in partnership to promote safe, strong, confident communities, and how the Network is invaluable to achieving this. Follow the link below to view the film.

Film with the First Minister

Tuesday 19 September

Coffee Talk – Change That Lasts with Welsh Women’s Aid

We ran an online Coffee Talk morning session with Welsh Women’s Aid to highlight the Change That Lasts model. This was an interactive session where we encouraged delegates to ask questions and share local knowledge and good practice examples. Click on the link below to view a recording of the session.

Coffee Talk Recording

Lunch & Learn – ‘Sound’ and ‘She Is Not Your Rehab’ Campaigns 

We ran a Lunch & Learn session with Welsh Government, looking at the Sound campaign, and Plan International UK/ Girls Rights Collective Wales introduced the She Is Not Your Rehab visit to Wales from New Zealand at the end of the year. View the recording of the session below to find out more about the campaigns and how you and your organisation can get involved and benefit.

Lunch & Learn Recording

Wednesday 20 September

Lunch & Learn – Single Unified Safeguarding Review

On Wednesday we hosted a Lunch & Learn with the Single Unified Safeguarding Review (SUSR) team, to share progress to date and provide an update following our seminar in December 2022. View the recording of the session below to find out more about what is to come with this groundbreaking project.

Lunch & Learn Recording

Thursday 21 September

Lunch & Learn – Antisocial Behaviour in Wales

This Lunch & Learn session included presentations from the Chair of the All Wales Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) Practitioners Network and the South Wales Police Lead for the ASB Hot Spot Pilot. View the recording to find out more about the Practitioners Network, the key themes and outcomes of the July Conference, forward planning, and ASB “hotspot” areas across Wales and how this relates to Serious Violence.

Lunch & Learn Recording

Friday 22 September

Members Portal Soft Launch

On the last day of the week, we held a Soft Launch of the Wales Safer Communities Network Members Portal, where partners could find out more about the Portal and how to become a member of the Network. If you’re interested in becoming a member, please get in touch.