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1. Background and Introduction
Purpose
1.1 This document reports findings from three events held to consult children and young people with experience of domestic abuse ( CYPEDA) on the Scottish Government National Domestic Abuse Delivery Group Draft Proposals.
1.2 The purpose of the consultation was to ensure young people had a voice in shaping the proposals.
About the National Domestic Abuse Delivery Group
1.3 The National Domestic Abuse Delivery Group ( NDADG) was established in 2006 under the then Scottish Executive and is continuing under the current Scottish Government. Its membership comprises Scottish Government officials and 'various external organisations and agencies, all with expertise in addressing domestic abuse from the point of view of children and young people'. The two roles of the NDADG are:
- To develop and implement a three year National Strategic Delivery Plan to address the needs of children and young people affected by domestic abuse
- To oversee the Getting it Right for Every Child Domestic Abuse Pathfinder.
1.4 The NDADG includes four sub-groups, on:
- Participation
- Protection
- Provision
- Primary prevention through education.
1.5 Together the sub-groups produced 16 proposals. These were informed by: a mapping exercise; an international literature review; research on the views of children and young people who have used domestic abuse services; the knowledge and expertise of sub-group members. The Participation Sub-Group proposed that children and young people experiencing domestic abuse should be consulted on the 16 draft proposals, specifically to:
Design and conduct meaningful, effective engagement with CYPEDA on proposals themes/ activity areas, emerging from the NDADG with the aim of imbuing CYPEDA voices and views into the NDADG proposals with the implementation process for these (Scottish Government, undated).
Aims and Objectives of the Consultation
1.6 The aim of the engagement was to give children and young people who have experienced domestic abuse the opportunity to provide their views on the NDADG proposals, drawing on their own experiences, priorities and concerns. Specific objectives were to:
- Engage with children and young people with experience of domestic abuse aged between and 8 and 16 years old from across Scotland
- Facilitate small groups using a variety of methods to enable the CYP to discuss the proposals
- Analyse and report on the results of the events.
The Project Team
1.7 The Scottish Government Children, Young People and Social Care Unit in the Education Analytical Services Division, commissioned this consultation from the University of Edinburgh/ NSPCC Centre for UK-wide Learning in Child Protection ( CLiCP) because of their prior experience in working the area of children and domestic abuse.
Table 1: Project Team
Staff from CLiCP | Dr Anne Stafford, Centre Director
Connie Smith, Research & Policy Analyst
Marian Grimes, Researcher |
Staff from Scottish Women's Aid | Fiona Morrison, Children's Policy Worker |
Children and Domestic Abuse Consultant | Claire Houghton |
1.8 The project team also comprised four young people who contributed to the planning process and who acted as advisors and facilitators to the project; they also acted as facilitators at the events. These young people were chosen partly because of pervious experience of advising on research about children and domestic abuse. They had also attended a meeting with Ministers about issues affecting CYPEDA; at this meeting they had proposed further involvement in relevant projects.
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