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	This website provides information about the Western Area Child Protection Committee (ACPC) and the inter-agency work which is undertaken to safeguard children against neglect and abuse in the Western Area.
	The vision of the Western Area Child Protection Committee (WACPC) is that children resident within the administrative area of the WHSSB should be brought up in a safe environment which protects them from significant harm.The WACPC enables Agencies to work together to promote the well-being and protection of children through agreed policies, procedures and strategies underpinned by appropriate training. The Area Child Protection Committee, through the Child Protection panels of which there are two, one in Foyle Trust and one in Sperrin Lakeland Trust, and the various Sub-Committees, has oversight of child protection practice and appropriate service developments within the Western Area.
The Committee is a multi-disciplinary body, chaired by a Senior Social Work Manager from the WHSSB, which meets regularly to review, co-ordinate, monitor and develop child protection activity. The Committee has representatives from all of the statutory agencies as well as the NSPCC. Its mandate is to promote the safety and well being of children, and it seeks to promote balance between the need to protect children who are at risk of significant harm and the need to promote the welfare of children by maintaining and supporting families where possible.

For more information on children in the West
	Needs Assessment and Supply of Family Support Services in the West		Early Years Childcare Provision in the West

Western Area Child Protection Committee WHSSB 15 Gransha Park Clooney Road Londonderry BT47 6FN email wacypc@whssb.n-i.nhs.uk

Tel: 028 71 860086 Fax N0: 028 71 860311