, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality
… able to see their children when they're separated from them. There's also the One Wales service, Safer Wales and the independent domestic violence adviser service. So, we are committed to taking that person-centred rather than …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Update on the National Care Service Programme
… statement today, but it seems that the statement is doubling down again on this Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales. As you know, I have already expressed serious reservations about this, because while it looks fluffy on the …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Update on the National Care Service Programme
… intend to make substantial progress across the programme. This will include taking forward Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales, developing the national social care academy, strengthening commissioning and regional collaboration, improving intelligence and market oversight, enhancing support for …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
… improving safeguarding? Deputy Minister, whilst I welcome the Government's aim of delivering stronger safeguarding for a safer Wales, there are some important questions about how this is actually going to work. You say that the Government will …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
… keen to hear more about whether you're planning to announce dedicated funding for stronger safeguarding for a safer Wales. Now, it's been nearly a year since I stood up in the Senedd to make a statement …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
… provides stronger protection and better outcomes for children, young people and adults at risk. Stronger safeguarding for a safer Wales is our commitment to creating the conditions for better protection, stronger accountability and improved outcomes for children, young …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
… respond to the risks of today and the challenges of the future. The stronger safeguarding for a safer Wales programme is designed to achieve that. It brings together our commitments, lessons learned and review findings together into …
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women’s Health: Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales
… strengthening safeguarding arrangements is central to our programme for government. Today, I'm announcing 'Stronger Safeguarding for a Safer Wales', the Welsh Government's whole-system safeguarding improvement programme for this Senedd term. The programme brings together our …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 4
… say that what was interesting to learn on Thursday when we went to the women's centre for Safer Wales is that because of these diversionary programmes that are operating in south Wales and Gwent, they say that … level offending, substance misuse?'. They're looking now—and they have people placed in the custodial suites from Safer Wales—at diversion, about, 'How can we support this woman?', not, 'How can we charge her and send her …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Women’s Justice and Youth Justice Blueprints: Progress report and next steps
… the pathway to secure accommodation. I've mentioned the Visiting Mums service. I've mentioned domestic violence. The Safer Wales independent domestic and sexual violence adviser—that's a post in HMP Eastwood Park and Styal, and that … well. But I think that it is important that we have got the third sector very involved—Safer Wales, the Nelson Trust and, indeed, in terms of the women's pathfinder, many other organisations—Newport Women's Aid …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
… start with our children. And this is cross-Government, so an additional £137,000 to support the Safer Wales youth service. That's been supporting children and young people, particularly girls and women who experience or are …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice
… primary prevention, the Sound campaign with men and boys, secondary prevention, new pathways, intervention with young people, Safer Wales living intervention, health sector, interestingly, looking at the important IRIS programme, which I mentioned in my written evidence, with …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Safer Wales's project Dyn works with male victims of domestic abuse, gender-based violence and sexual violence, and provides them with access to support services and safety. We have recently provided project Dyn with a significant uplift …
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Inter-governmental relations and workings
Okay. Because I had a meeting yesterday, as it happens, with Safer Wales, and there are clear examples of where we're going way ahead of what I'm aware of in England in terms of deviating people …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip: Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Annual Report 2022-23
… former partner in Wales. And, of course, we do look to those victims. We continue to support the Safer Wales Dyn project, which protects and supports all men, including gay, heterosexual, bisexual and transgender men, who have experienced …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 10
… already mentioned New Pathways, Cyfannol and a number of schemes across the whole of Wales. Also, interestingly, Safer Wales, StreetLife—. I can certainly, Chair, if you would like, write to you about all the organisations. But …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 4
… Swansea using music and DJing to help boys connect to their feelings around masculinity, and a project by Safer Wales working with young men in custody. All of the projects are happening at the same time, and they …
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report—'Women’s experiences in the criminal justice system'
… there is positive evidence that this approach is working. A senior probation officer said about the benefits of Safer Wales's approach in Cardiff: 'The activities on offer provide a safe and supportive environment for women, they allow …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 4
… Emma Wools, Nicola Davies, from the probation service and from HMPPS, and a whole range of voluntary organisations: Safer Wales, Llamau, Include—and we're linking it to our 'Anti-racist Wales Action Plan' and our violence against …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 4
… joint visits. In fact, he came with me to the women's centre on Thursday, run by Safer Wales, and we're going up to Berwyn and looking at other opportunities to see where we're devolving justice …