In this podcast episode, we speak to Jon Brown, the NSPCC's Head of Development and Impact. Jon gives us an overview of Together for Childhood, which is being developed in four sites: Glasgow, Grimsby, Plymouth and Stoke. He talks about the collaborations and co-developments between voluntary, statutory and community sectors, how the programme is helping develop current and new NSPCC services and how it is being funded, evaluated and rolled out.

We'll be visiting the four sites in future episodes to talk more in depth about the work they are doing.

Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.

About Together for Childhood

Together for Childhood was a place-based approach that aimed to strengthen the way local communities and organisations work together to keep children safe from abuse. It ran from 2017 to 2026 in four towns and cities across the UK - Grimsby, Glasgow (Govan), Plymouth and Stoke-on-Trent.

💬 About the speaker

Jon Brown is Head of Development and Impact at NSPCC. He is a qualified social worker and has been responsible for setting up and managing a range of sexual abuse services ranging from therapeutic services for child victims, services for children and young people with sexually harmful behaviour and services for adult sex offenders.

📚 Related resources

> Find out more about Together for Childhood


Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros