Prison Fellowship Supports Coordinated Approach to Child Abuse

“It is clear from the feedback I am getting, that there is a community-led revolt in the air” That is the view of Kim Workman, National Director, Prison Fellowship, and Project Leader for the “Rethinking Crime and Punishment Project”. He was commenting on the call for community action on issues of child abuse.

“Prison Fellowship supports the move by Family First, For the Sake of Our Children, and the Sensible Sentencing Trust in the promotion of a plan to combat child abuse. While we will want to talk through with them the detail of their recommendations, we support the spirit of the proposal and their determination to make a difference.”

“The public sector needs to recognise that when community organisations with competing ideological positions put differences aside, and start to plan and work collectively toward a common social goal, a social revolution is in the making.”

“Community and volunteer organisations have had a gutsful of government agencies who engage in ‘patch protection’, refuse to work together, and take a patronising and leisurely approach to serious social problems. The growth in social policy advocacy groups across the political spectrum isn’t an historical accident. It has arisen because of growing frustration with a public sector which has forgotten how to consult, how to work collegially, and is risk averse to the point of inaction.”

Prison Fellowship will be in contact with the organisations concerned on this issue.

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