Keeping young people and families safe

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This consultation has now closed.

Have your say on our approach and strategy for keeping young people and adults safe through tackling violence and exploitation within the borough

Overview

Our shared vision is that every child and young person in Barnet is kept safe from violence and exploitation and supported to achieve their aspirations. In our Children and Young People's Plan for 2021 to 2023, one of our priorities is to ensure that every child and young person in Barnet is safe and secure.

To help us deliver this priority we are working with our most vulnerable young people, families and partners to help

Have your say on our approach and strategy for keeping young people and adults safe through tackling violence and exploitation within the borough

Overview

Our shared vision is that every child and young person in Barnet is kept safe from violence and exploitation and supported to achieve their aspirations. In our Children and Young People's Plan for 2021 to 2023, one of our priorities is to ensure that every child and young person in Barnet is safe and secure.

To help us deliver this priority we are working with our most vulnerable young people, families and partners to help and co-develop our Tackling Violence and Exploitation – (Keeping Young People Safe) Strategy 2024-2027.

This three-year strategy will provide a framework and a set priorities which the council and its partners (including the Police, Education, Health, community and faith groups) will follow, to help improve safety for young people and adults in Barnet.


Who we are consulting

We have started a series of engagement sessions with children and young people to gather their experiences and perceptions of violence and exploitation that may have affected them in Barnet. We will be conducting similar engagement sessions with partners, council members and resident associations.

The views and feedback collected will be incorporated into our Serious Violence Strategic Needs Assessment that will also support and drive the development of our coproduced Tackling Violence and Exploitation (Keeping Young People Safe) Strategy.


How to have your say

If you would like to attend one of these engagement meetings, please register your interest by:

  • emailing us at: CEAM@barnet.gov.uk
  • writing to us at: Tackling Violence and Exploitation Team, London Borough of Barnet, 2 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, London, NW9 4EW.


What happens after the consultation closes?

The council will use the consultation findings to inform our Strategic priorities to develop our Tackling Violence and Exploitation (Keeping Young People Safe) Strategy. We will publish the results of the consultation, our decision and how we are acting on the results of the consultation on this web page in November 2023.

The council will publish the consultation findings on this page, and we will also let you know how we are acting on the results of the consultation under ‘We asked, You said, We did'.

This consultation has now closed.

  • We asked, you said, we did

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    We asked

    In October we facilitated a range of engagement sessions with children and young people to gather their experiences and perceptions of violence and exploitation that may have affected them in Barnet. The sessions were designed to engage young people, residents, professionals and businesses working and living in Barnet and to understand the following:

    • perceptions of violence and exploitation in Barnet
    • factors that support feeling safer or more at risk
    • areas and priorities that people feel the council should implement / drive to improve, safety, and response to violence and exploitation.


    You said

    We had over 50 young people who engaged in the focus groups, and over 200 people participated in our interactive online surveys. We were able to engage a range of residents and businesses in ‘walkaround surveys’.


    We did

    From the sessions, we have incorporated the key themes that emerged into two priority area:

    • Tackling Serious Violence Strategy 2024 - 27
    • Tackling Exploitation Strategy 2024 - 27


    Both of these strategies will be published in March 2024, and will outline our collective approaches to how we are working together to support the safety of residents and young people living in Barnet.

    From January 2024 we will be holding a range of further consultation sessions to support the release of our Tackling Serious Violence Strategy, and further sessions to support the co-production of our Tackling Exploitation Strategy.