By Teena Anish

STANDING TOGETHER PARAFIELD GARDENS - FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

A Safer Communities Project

The project sought to determine the scale and impact of religious and/or racial intolerant behaviours towards families, children and young people in the Parafield Gardens and surrounding communities.  This information was then used to shape the delivery of targeted training and social cohesion activities.  Key outputs of the project was the development of a Cultural Safety Framework which included a Safe Zone organisational self-assessment process.  These outputs strive to improve community access to businesses, community centres, schools and local organisations that firstly provide culturally and religiously safe services and secondly a potential safe haven when children or young people feel that they are experiencing or at risk of experiencing an attack, harassment or violence stemming from religious and/or racial intolerance.

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