Issue - meetings
Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Board Annual Report 2015-16
Meeting: 01/11/2016 - Cabinet (Item 5)
5 Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Board Annual Report 2015-16 PDF 93 KB
Additional documents:
- 5.1a Appendix 1 LSCB Annual Report 2015-16, item 5 PDF 1 MB
- 5.1b - Appendix 2 LSCB Infographic Leaflet 2015-16, item 5 PDF 268 KB
- Webcast for Tower Hamlets Safeguarding Children Board Annual Report 2015-16
Decision:
DECISION
1. To note the annual report from the Local Safeguarding Children Board for 2015/16.
Action by:
CORPORATE DIRECTOR, CHILDREN’S SERVICES (D. JONES)
(Children’s Safeguarding Strategy and Governance Manager (M. Bakht)
Minutes:
Councillor Rachael Saunders, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services, introduced the report. In particular she thanked Sarah Baker as the outgoing Chair of the Board and welcomed Stephen Ashley as the new Board Chair. Reviewing the report she then drew Members’ attention to the statistical information in the pack setting out local needs and the Board’s priority areas for the next year. Which were:
· Early help and early identification
· Radicalisation and extremism
· Child sexual exploitation and missing children
The Mayor welcomed the report and highlighted the seriousness that the Council took these issues and he commended the hard work that took place to tackle the problems highlighted.
Four Members of the Youth Council (Mazhar Alam, Maccabi Vitalis, Faiza Islam, Reya Akter) then addressed Cabinet. At recent meetings of the Youth Council they had been discussing the issues raised by the report and had discussed priorities that they considered imiportant. In particular they highlighted:
· Bullying of people with disabilities
· Protecting children from social media and online dangers as well as how to educate parents
· The threat from extremism and radicalisation
· Postcode war fights between groups of young people
The Mayor thanked the young people for their contribution and highlighted how pleased and proud he was that young people in the Borough were actively looking to tackle these challenges. The Mayor and Cabinet as a whole thanked the Youth Council and agreed to meet with them when appropriate to talk through the issues raised.
The Mayor agreed the recommendation as set out in the report.
RESOLVED
1. To note the annual report from the Local Safeguarding Children Board for 2015/16.