Bradford Youth Development Partnership (BYDP) has a strong commitment to the welfare and protection of all young people who access our services. Over the last 2 years we have worked in partnership with Bradford Safeguarding Children Board and Young Lives Bradford (formerly known as the Children and Young People’s team) based at Bradford CVS to raise the profile of safeguarding work and provide direct support to groups and projects across the district. We have done this through hosting the Safeguarding Children Development Worker, Debbie Cordingley.

Debbie’s role ended on the 31st March 2009. Her legacy has been a wide variety of safeguarding resources that have been specifically written for the Voluntary and Community Sector. The development of these resources have been based on her knowledge and experience gained through extensive consultation and direct work with, in excess of over 200 Voluntary & Community Sector groups at grass roots level.

Although this development role has now come to an end, the work will continue through a new Information Officer Post based at Bradford CVS. All the Safeguarding resources and information Debbie has collated on behalf of the sector will now be available through Dionne Norman, Young Lives Bradford.

Email: dionne@bradfordcvs.org.uk
Telephone:01274 722772.

BYDP would like to acknowledge the contribution that Debbie has made to the development of the organisation over the last 2 years. The commitment to Safeguarding young people continues for BYDP and the benefits gained from being part of these developments have been integrated into all the work that we do through our safeguarding management framework.

Our organisation fully supports the government agenda that “Safeguarding Becomes Everyone’s Business” and we will continue to work in partnership with Bradford Safeguarding Children Board and Young Lives Bradford to ensure the safety and welfare of all children and young people within the Bradford District.

Bradford Safeguarding Children Board Statement of Intent

Click here for further information regarding the Bradford Safeguarding Children Board and visit the new dedicated Voluntary & Community Sector (VCS) section which has a range of information/tools to assist VCS groups/projects working in the Bradford District.