Guided Safety Planning Conversation for Public Engagement
Who is it for?
Children, young people or adult participants who are thinking of taking part in public-facing dissemination activities
Overview:
Supporting children, young people, and other participants to influence wider decision makers and/or the public is an important part of participation and enabling impact. The CAFADA project provided different groups of participants with a range of opportunities for public engagement. These included: a celebration event with local policy makers and young people who had undertaken a creative youth work-based project responding to the issue of domestic abuse; a closed presentation by women and children of research findings to the chair of a national domestic abuse funding review; and a podcast project, which invited a small number of the research participants to share key findings and perspectives in audio format to support project dissemination and training. The resource linked here is from the latter project and is a set of conversation prompts to help potential participants consider the potential risks and benefits to them (and those close to them) of their involvement in an audio recording in which their voice may be identifiable.
Key strengths:
Key challenges:
There can be complex ethical and safety issues involved in public engagement activities for women, children and young people impacted by domestic abuse. These need to be carefully thought through by participants with support of someone who knows them and/or someone who can support them to make informed choices. The ethical and safety issues will vary depending on the individual, context, and format for sharing their views. Careful consideration and risk assessment processes need to be undertaken on a case-by-case basis – supporting potential participants to consider implications for them now and in the future – and any implications for others close to them.