petition details
A new bid for resources for adult survivors of CSE
At the Rotherham Council meeting on Wednesday 13 December 2017,
a question (submitted on 13 November) was asked:
“Does the Leader of the Council agree that online
communications with members of the public about what resources have
been specifically allocated to help victims and survivors of Child
Sexual Exploitation (CSE) have been dire and will he ensure that
all relevant information is published online, say within two
weeks?”
The Leader of the Council responded by saying:
“I am sort of conscious that that doesn’t specifically
include financial resources allocated by the Council. I don’t
know if that was your intention in asking the question. If there
are specific details that you think we should add to that, then I
am happy to take a representation on that.”
The questioner replied with this:
“I put this question in because of the statement that you
made in public some weeks ago about the bid and the failure of the
bid. For people like me that are very actively campaigning and have
been campaigning for three years plus, it’s very important
that we … have the information that we need to help you get
more resources. We need to have a better
understanding.”
He was referring to media coverage such as this on the BBC on 3
November (Heading - Rotherham Council slams 'lack of funding' for
abuse victims):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-41858302
Two days later on 15.12.17 a representation was emailed to the
Leader of the Council,
On 19.12.17 the Personal Assistant to the Leader and Deputy Leader
acknowledgde the email sent on 15.12.17 with:
“Thank you for your email below which I will bring to Councillor Read’s attention.”.
No response was sent by the Council meeting on 24.1.18 and this was pointed out during the Council meeting.
The response to the representation submitted on 15.12.17 arrived
after 66 days on 22.2.18. An examination of the information sent on
22.2.18 leaves members of ASK dismayed at the possible
mis-representation of the truth in the FUSION bid and a number of
inadequacies.
This petition ran from 20/06/2018 to 01/10/2018 and has now finished.
11 people signed this petition.