Area child protection committees need to work with service users and the voluntary sector in order to safeguard children effectively, according to voluntary sector youth and community worker Andy McCullough.
McCullough, project leader for the Manchester-based young runaways project Safe in the City, told the first Victoria Climbi‚ Inquiry seminar that the make-up of ACPCs was "appalling".
Accusing them of working as "a closed shop", he urged ACPCs to "let the voluntary sector in".
He said that having a representative from the NSPCC on an ACPC did not constitute voluntary sector involvement because of the charity's close links with the statutory sector.
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