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This consultation has concluded
This consultation is now closed - thank you for your interest. Read the final strategy here.
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, his administration and partner organisations want to make sure that Tower Hamlets is a place where every child and young person is healthy, safe and successful.
Even though most children and young people are safe in our borough, some are affected by serious violence and criminal and sexual exploitation. Violence and exploitation have devastating consequences for young people and their families.
The aim of our strategy is that every child and young person in Tower Hamlets is keptContinue reading
This consultation is now closed - thank you for your interest. Read the final strategy here.
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, his administration and partner organisations want to make sure that Tower Hamlets is a place where every child and young person is healthy, safe and successful.
Even though most children and young people are safe in our borough, some are affected by serious violence and criminal and sexual exploitation. Violence and exploitation have devastating consequences for young people and their families.
The aim of our strategy is that every child and young person in Tower Hamlets is kept safe from violence and exploitation and supported to achieve their aspirations.
The strategy has three priorities:
The strategy will focus on protecting children but also explore opportunities to work with and support 18 to 24-year-olds where possible. Young adults are among those at the highest risk of harm. Organisations will also take a ‘contextual safeguarding’ approach - working together to make different places in the borough safer for young people.
In all of their work on this issue, services will take an approach guided by the following three principles:
Violence and exploitation are complex problems, and all organisations need to work together alongside children and young people, their families, and the adults they trust.
How this will all work:
What next?
Divisional Director Community Safety
Divisional Director, Children’s Social Care