Speakers

Julie Morgan MS, Deputy Minister for Social Services

Jayne Bryant MS

Sam Clutton, Senior Policy Manager, Children’s Safeguarding, Welsh Government

Claire Short, Stop it Now

Elinor Crouch-Puzey

Attendees

Tracey Holdsworth

Alan Collins

Sarah Walton

Claire Short

Hayley Fry

Jayne Bryant MS

Julie Morgan MS

Sam Clutton

Amy Bainton

Daisy Williams

Jan Pickles

Catrin Simpson

Deborah Job

Leanne Parsell

Faith McCready

Philip Walker

Kelly Shannon

Rob Lowe

Sophie Hallett

May Baxter-Thornton

Kirsty Hudson

Nici Evans

Altaf Hussain MS

Debbie Woodroffe

Shannon Orritt

Daisy Williams

Sarah Walton

Carys Morgan-Jones

Apologies

Pam Kelly – Gwent Police

Janice Dent – VAWDASV Gwent team

Llyr Gruffydd MS -Plaid

Peredur Owen Griffiths MS

Berni Durham-Jones, Stepping Stones

Minutes

This was the inaugural meeting of the sixth Senedd term so began with reconvening the chair and secretariat. Jayne Bryant MS was re-elected chair and NSPCC Cymru, Stop it Now, Survivors Trust, Stepping Stones and RASARC North Wales were re-elected joint secretariat.

Key points from speakers

Julie Morgan MS, Deputy Minister for Social Services;

· Welcomed the return of this important CPG and acknowledged the role it played in the fifth Senedd term

· The new programme for government includes the role of early intervention and prevention work with children and young people and the importance of timely support

· Acknowledged the important role the safeguarding boards played during the pandemic. The Minister is grateful to the work of the public and third sector during this time.

· Welsh Government pledged £80,000 to specialist services to help reduce waiting lists and launched the ‘This is sexual violence’ campaign.

· Acknowledged the stall in progress due to the Covid pandemic but that the NHS collaborative is in action

· The new NHS collaborative will give consideration to recommendations from the Light House report and how it will inform the work in Wales.

· There is a focus on implementing the current CSA Action Plan. Decisions about next steps and a review of progress will take place in the summer.

· Recommendations from the Independent Inquiry into CSA will be considered when it is finalised

Claire Short, Stop It Now and Elinor Crouch-Puzey, NSPCC Cymru;

· Presentation focused on the importance of the public health approach

· The role of the CPG

· Key focus for this Senedd term;

o Threat from online harms

o Early intervention work with perpetrators

o Role of direct services

o Ensuring equal access to services

Sam Clutton, Welsh Government;

· The Action Plan has helped cement cross-government working

· In response to the key focus for the CPG secretariat – work on online harms by the digital inclusion team and everyone’s invited campaign

· Traumatic Stress Wales is working to equip professionals to respond to trauma in an informed way

· Work will continue to improve access to and outcomes for protected characteristics with a commission out on Sell t Wales on anti-racism work

· Acknowledged delay in progress due to pandemic and provided update on progress against the action plan to date.

Questions and discussion from the floor

Joanna Williams from the NHS Collaborative provided a quick update;

· All Wales Board will sit four times a year

· Developing the regional model across Wales – Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth. Two of which will be children’s hubs.

· Sexual assault sub-group working with Trauma Stress Wales.

Sam Clutton invited participants to digital conference on 18^th November (more information to follow).

Suggestion for Estyn to be invited to speak at a future meeting on the ‘Everyone’s Invited’ work

Jayne thanked everyone for attending and closed the meeting.