CROP and parents

CROP’s policy development work aims to enable parents to become agents in the development and implementation of sound policies affecting sexually exploited children and their families.

Multi-agency participation

CROP believes that multi-agency participation is essential to ensure responses to tackle child sexual exploitation meet the needs of parents and carers, and that resources are mobilised from all relevant agencies.

CROP works collaboratively – with parents, practitioners, policy makers and other stakeholders – to improve practice and to influence local and national policy.

CROP’s policy input

CROP-facilitated individual parent support work, peer support groups, national parent network days, research and communications work provide the vehicle for parents to share their concerns and to promote the need to address those concerns.

CROP’s research particularly brings strong objective evidence to public policy decision-making. Through position statements, policy briefs, consultation responses, media campaigns and engagement with policy makers CROP brings parents’ perspectives to the attention of people representatives and practitioners.

Collaborative working

CROP also facilitates dialogue between parents and other stakeholders including ministers, members of parliament, councillors, civil servants and safeguarding children board members, so as to raise specific and generic issues affecting families.

Another hallmark of CROP’s partnership approach is its work with various national and strategic bodies.

Working in partnership, CROP has been able to contribute to policy development affecting the lives of children and families victimised by sexual exploitation.