We would like to specially invite you to our upcoming event at Teesside University. The Crown Prosecution Northeast staff will lead an awareness session on Hate Crime and also learn and gain more knowledge around communities’ concerns in relation to the subject matter.
International Decade for People of Afrikan Descent (IDPAD) Coalition UK has successfully championed community awareness and conducted research on 'Afriphobia'. IDPAD Coalition UK will discuss their findings and recommendations.
This is an open and honest conversation where community members will have opportunity to interact with the Chief Crown Prosecutor Gale, Crown Prosecution Service Northeast and meet experienced stakeholders/professionals for FREE general advice on family safety and how to report hate crime incidents.
About the Organisation
Save the Woman (STW) is a community organisation based in Middlesbrough which supports clients through Advocacy, Advice and Training. STW is a member of UN International Decade for People of Afrikan Descent (IDPAD) Coalition UK, a coalition of individuals and organisations who have come together to ensure that the UN International Decade for People of Afrikan Descent is meaningfully marked in the UK. The Decade has 3 pillars: Recognition, Justice and Development.
It is under the Justice pillar that STW is championing the concerns of #Afrikans and other Parents about discrimination and unfairness from Children’s Services of various Local Authorities. STW is also a member of Global Afrikan Congress, a reparations organisation and is therefore acutely aware of the historic damage done to families during the trafficking of Afrikans and in colonial times. As part of our strategic plan of supporting Afrikan families within the UK, STW has been advocating for effective support for vulnerable families, rather than criminalising them.
Whilst Save The Woman recognises that Children’s Services have a difficult job to do in ensuring that children are in a safe environment where they can thrive, lack of transparency and plain dishonesty often leads to decisions which are not in the best interests of the children, their birth family or the Community. Chief Social Worker Isabelle Trowler recently observed “too many families feeling persecuted and unsupported”. "TV investigation aims to highlight trauma faced by families from wrongful child protection action" was covered by the Community Care issue of 16th May 2022. The journalist said: "it absolutely does blight children's lives, many of them will never recover from the intervention of the state into their families when it is done badly”.
In response to the lack of support for families, especially Afrikan ones, STW launched the Africentric Parenting Skills Course. It has been critical in the success of Parents getting their children out of the system. The Courts have seen attendance on the course as evidence of parents taking steps to equip themselves with appropriate knowledge to improve their parenting. STW recognises that the course has had a major impact on its mission to protect families so children are able to grow up at home. As a result of our intervention in recent years, 27 (twenty-seven) children have been safely returned and 28 (twenty-eight) children were prevented from entering the care system.