At LimeCulture, we are committed to ensuring that the voices of those with lived experience help shape and improve safeguarding practices. That’s why we are proud to have been commissioned by the Cricket Regulator on behalf of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to support their Learning from Lived Experiences project.
This important initiative aims to strengthen safeguarding across cricket by understanding and learning from the experiences of those who have lived experience of harm and abuse and/engaged with safeguarding services and processes.
As part of this work, we are issuing a Call to Share Practices to identify existing engagement practices that effectively incorporate lived experience into safeguarding and organisational learning.
Why This Matters
We recognise that those who have been directly affected by safeguarding issues have invaluable insights that can drive meaningful change. By capturing examples of good engagement practices, from within the sport sector and other sectors, so we can help shape a framework that ensures lived experiences are at the heart of safeguarding improvements within cricket and beyond.
What We Are Looking For
We are seeking examples of:
- Current engagement practices that successfully involve individuals with lived experience in shaping safeguarding policies and procedures.
- Innovative approaches to listening and responding to the voices of those with lived experience.
- Challenges and solutions in embedding lived experience within organisational safeguarding strategies.
- Examples from within sport and other sectors that demonstrate best practice in this area.
How to Contribute
If you or your organisation have examples of effective engagement practices that ensure lived experiences inform safeguarding improvements, we want to hear from you! The timescales are quite tight for this project, so ideally we will aim to arrange a meeting with you during February if possible. However we will do out utmost to find a time to speak to you that is suitable to you!
To find out more, or to arrange a meeting to share your contributions, please contact info@limeculture.co.uk
The insights we gather will play a crucial role in shaping the ECB’s approach to safeguarding, ensuring that learning from lived experience is a fundamental part of its policies and practices.