CEP Conference 09  

Saturday 03 October 2009

Building on almost two years of the Community Engagement Programme (CEP) seminars delivered in every London borough, SLF, with the CEP partner agencies, thought it would be good idea to create a larger event which covered issues that the CEP seminars had not yet addressed, as well as bringing together Safer Neighbourhoods Panel chairs and members of Community Police Engagement Groups (CPEGs) from across the capital.

Thus the CEP Conference took place on Saturday 03 October 2009 in one of London's premier venues: London's Living Room at City Hall.

Approximately 100 people, representing every London borough, attended the event to hear presentations from Cindy Butts, MPA Deputy Chair ,and Kit Malthouse, London's Deputy Mayor  for Policing, The Met's Chief Superintendent Adrian Hanstock, head of Safer Neighbourhoods, plus CPEG representatives, Safer Neighbourhoods Panel Chairs, young people from the GLA Youth Peer Outreach Team, the Bromley Youth Panel, Westminster Council and the MPS Volunteer Police Cadets.

Topics that were covered included engaging with young people, how to communicate with your local community, the future of Safer Neighbourhoods and working with the CPEGs, as well as a lively open forum of questions and answers.

The Conference was a great success and was supported by the MPA, LCP2, the MPS and the GLA's Youth Peer Outreach Team.

The organisers of the Conference were very happy with the way the event unfolded and it is hoped that this can become an annual event.

Conference Agenda

10:05am Welcome Cindy Butts, MPA Deputy Chair and SLF Trustee

10:15am Introduction Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor of London for Policing

10:25am The Importance of Safer Neighbourhoods Adrian Hanstock, Chief Superintendent, Safer Neighbourhood Policing

10:40am What Makes a Successful Panel Noreen O'Neil, Queens Park Panel, Westminster

11:15am GLA Youth Peer Outreach Team Presentation Badria Kahie and Ethan Cameron

11:25am Engaging with your Community Dean Moss, Good Mayes Panel, Deborah Selner, Snaresbrook Panel Redbridge

11:50am Darwin Youth Panel PC Tim Garlick, Darwin Ward, Bromley

12:10pm Role of London Community Police Partnership (LCP2) Sonoo Malkani, Chair of Harrow Police Community Consultative Group.

12:55pm Panel and Discussion topics

Virtual Ward Panels Lulu Gravergard, Westminster Council

The Police Pledge, Feedback on Safer Neighbourhoods MPS Inspector David Pridige and Sergeant Neil Hutchinson

Good and Bad Practice in Community Policing Eleanor Strachan, LCP2, Steve Williams, Waltham Forest CPEG,

Engaging with Young People GLA Youth Peer Outreach Team

Feedback on CEP Training Project SLF

2:30pm Close Conference