52: Together for Childhood — what we've learnt to help prevent abuse and neglect

Together for Childhood (TfC), the NSPCC's place-based approach to prevent child abuse and neglect, was launched almost five years ago.   Listen to Pat Branigan, Assistant Director for Together for Childhood, talk to the panel of development managers from all four TfC sites about the benefits of a place-based and community-focused approach to preventing child abuse and neglect.Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website. About Together for ChildhoodTogether for Childhood was a place-based approach that aimed to strengthen the way local communities and organisations work together to keep children safe from abuse. It ran from 2017 to 2026 in four towns and cities across the UK - Grimsby, Glasgow (Govan), Plymouth and Stoke-on-Trent.💬 About the speakersPat Branigan is the Assistant Director for Together for Childhood at the NSPCC. In addition to this, he’s an anthropologist with a background in public health and has led research into sensitive sexual health topics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.Shelley Shaw is the Development Manager for Together for Childhood Plymouth and has worked in the team since early 2018.Bernie Taylor has been involved in Together for Childhood for five years, initially as a research and evaluation officer and subsequently Development Manager for Together for Childhood Grimsby.Jennie Hammond is a Development Manager for the NSPCC and leads on the development and implementation of the Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Plan through the Together for Childhood programme in Stoke-on-Trent.Di Porter is a Development Manager for the NSPCC at Together for Childhood Govan in Glasgow.📚 Related resources> Find out more about the Together for Childhood programme> Learn more about child abuse and neglect > View our other resources for voluntary and community groupsIntro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros