Public Affairs & Communications
Helping charities and the voluntary sector to tell their unique story and to influence change through public affairs and communications support which specialises in children and young people’s policy, rights and issues.
This includes,
The development of public affairs and communications strategies, helping you to navigate complex legislative environments, clearly reach the right audiences with the right messages, and influence the policy and systems change that your children and families need. Support is also provided at the implementation stage.
Support with stakeholder engagement to identify productive relationships with decision makers at all levels to ensure stronger collaborative action and policy influence. Importantly, encouraging sustainable and organic conversations with schools and other children and young people's settings.
Monitoring the policy environment to identify opportunities and risks for your work, including policy analysis briefings, timely updates, strategic recommendations and submissions for consultations and inquiries.
Content writing to help inform and educate diverse audiences about your work and the related issues that matter. Includes educational materials and teaching resources, articles and press releases, speeches, case stories and reports.
Training to embed public affairs knowledge across staff teams and to empower your communities with the confidence to lead on change. See also democracy, literacy and communications learning for small groups of all ages under education.
Child Safeguarding
Comms for Kids is particularly committed to helping the voices of whistleblowers (in their broadest sense) and survivors to be better heard in their raising of mishandled child safeguarding concerns.
Since 2017, Alison has boldly supported whistleblowers and survivors. This includes a Scottish Parliament petition (PE1979) and campaign with her 3 fellow petitioners calling for independent investigation of allegations relating to the mishandling of child abuse concerns by public bodies and an independent national whistleblowing office for education and children's services.
Alison is passionate about making Scotland a safer place for children through the amplification of these voices. In addition to her petition work, she offers some pro bono communications and public affairs support to individual whistleblowers and survivors who feel they are in need of this help.
