Meetings & Consultations

The Commissioners have met more than 290 frontline practitioners, and consulted over 90 organisations across the UK. They have met 50 victim/survivors but are not sharing all names. The table below is a list of individuals and organisations, the Commissioners have met from across the UK. Some consultations are ongoing and will be added within the next month.

Number	Date	Locations	Attendee	Organisation	Type of organisation
1	26/03/2013	London, House of Lords (HoL)	[Discussing Terms of Reference]	Commission
2	25/04/2013	London, HoL	Chaz Akishole	Forced Marriage Unit	Government
3	25/04/2013	London, HoL	Commander Makhdoom Chishti	ACPO	Police
4	25/04/2013	London, HoL	DCI Sam Faulkner (Lead on FM)	Police	Police
5	18/06/2013	London, HoL	Dr Ash Chand, Head of Strategy and Development Ethnic Minority Children	NSPCC	QUANGO
6	18/06/2013	London, HoL	Baroness Afshar	House of Lords	Legislature
7	18/06/2013	London, HoL	Dr Adi Cooper, Strategic Director	Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)	Local Government
8	07/10/2013	Leeds	Kathy Rowe, Chair KN	Karma Nirvana	NGO/Third Sector
9	07/10/2013	Leeds	Priya Manota	Senior Call handler (KN)	NGO/Third Sector
10	07/10/2013	Leeds	Confidential	Karma Nirvana	Survivor
11	07/10/2013	Leeds	Confidential	Karma Nirvana	Survivor
12	07/10/2013	Leeds	Confidential	Karma Nirvana	Survivor
13	07/10/2013	Leeds	Confidential	Karma Nirvana	Survivor
14	07/10/2013	Leeds	Mariam Faruqi	Observer	Sturtivant & Co
15	31/10/2013	London	Marilyn Freeman, Academic Expert	London Met University	Research/Education
16	31/10/2013	London	Rachel Clawson	Anne Craft Trust	NGO/Third Sector
17	27/11/2013	Leicester	Batool Al Toma	Islamic Foundation, National Project Manager	Faith leader
18	27/11/2013	Leicester	Sharen Ravat	Leicester College	Education
19	27/11/2013	Leicester	Terri Harman	Nelson’s Solicitors	Legal Professional
20	27/11/2013	Leicester	Dilwar Hussein	New Horizons in British Islam	NGO/Third Sector
21	27/11/2013	Leicester	Paul Fitzgerald	Leicester LGBT Centre	NGO/Third Sector
22	27/11/2013	Leicester	Meena Kumari	SAFE	NGO/Third Sector
23	27/11/2013	Leicester	Jo Fyson	Police	Police
24	27/11/2013	Leicester	Joanne Orton	Reunite	NGO/Third Sector
25	27/11/2013	Leicester	Rumeena	STRIVE	NGO/Third Sector
26	27/11/2013	Leicester	Summaiya	STRIVE	NGO/Third Sector
27	18/12/2013	London IKWRO	Nezahat Chehan	Iranian Kurdish Womens Rights Organisation (IKWRO)	NGO/Third Sector
28	18/12/2013	London	Sarah Browne	IKWRO	NGO/Third Sector
29	18/12/2013	London	Naseera	IKWRO	NGO/Third Sector
30	18/12/2013	London	Confidential	IKWRO	Surivivor
31	18/12/2013	London	Confidential	IKWRO	Surivivor
32	18/12/2013	London	Confidential	IKWRO	Surivivor
33	18/12/2013	London	Confidential	IKWRO	Surivivor
34	23/01/2014	London, HoL	Prof. Ralph Grillo, Academic Expert	Sussex University	Research/Education
35	23/01/2014	London	Marai Larasi, Executive Director	Imkaan	NGO/Third Sector
36	23/01/2014	London	Sumanta Roy	Imkaan	NGO/Third Sector
37	19/03/2014	London	Jagbir Jhutti Johal	Birmingham University	Academic
38	19/03/2014	London	Pragna Patel	Southall Black Sisters	NGO/Third Sector
39	16/06/2014	London, HoL	Louise Butler – Lead on Violence Against Women’s and Girls Strategic Group and Safeguarding Adults	Tri-Borough (Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster	Government
40	16/06/2014	London, HoL	Gourita Murdeshwar – Lead on Harmful Practices Westminster Social Services	Westminster Social Services	Government
41	30/07/2014	Newham	Kelly Simmons, Domestic and Sexual Violence Commissioner	London Borough of Newham	Government
42	30/07/2014	Newham	Karen Bohen, Senior Advisor on Safeguarding	London Borough of Newham	Government
43	30/07/2014	Newham	Mandy Oliver, Senior Advisor on Safeguarding	London Borough of Newham	Government
44	30/07/2014	Newham	Martin Clement – Senior Manager Assessment (Children)	London Borough of Newham	Government
45	30/07/2014	Newham	Baljit Banga	Newham Asian Womens Project	NGO/Third Sector
46	30/07/2014	Newham	Detective Inspector Duncan Platt, Community Safety Unit	Metropolitan Police	Police
47	30/07/2014	Newham	Asha Jama – Specialist Manager	Beverley Lewis House	Housing
48	30/07/2014	Newham	Su Buhi, CEO	Anchal	NGO/Third Sector
49	10/09/2014	House of Lords	Natasha Rattu and two survivors (names withheld)	Risk Assessment Presented by Karma Nirvana	NGO/Third Sector
50	20/11/2014	Bradford	Cllr Ralph Berry	Bradford City Council	Council
51	20/11/2014	Bradford	Cllr David Green	Bradford City Council	Council
52	20/11/2014	Bradford	Cllr Imran Hussain	Bradford City Council	Council
53	20/11/2014	Bradford	Cllr Naveeda Ikram	Bradford City Council	Council
54	20/11/2014	Bradford	Chief Superintendent Simon Atkin	West Yorkshire Police	Police
55	20/11/2014	Bradford	Julie Jenkins	BMDC	Council
56	20/11/2014	Bradford	Mark Nicholas	Safe Guarding Adults	Council
57	20/11/2014	Bradford	Val Balding	Bradford Council (Domestic Violence Manager)	Council
58	20/11/2014	Bradford	Yasmin Khan	Staying Put	Shelter/NGO
59	20/11/2014	Bradford	Yvonne Hall	Palm Cove Society	Shelter/NGO
60	20/11/2014	Bradford	Gerard Stocks	Palm Cove Society	Shelter/NGO
61	20/11/2014	Bradford	Jenny Woodward	Palm Cove Society	Shelter/NGO
62	20/11/2014	Bradford	Faridah Shaikh	Roshni Ghar	Shelter/NGO
63	20/11/2014	Bradford	Kaniz Akhtar	Roshni Ghar	Shelter/NGO
64	20/11/2014	Bradford	Hanifa Khan	Family Action	NGO/Third Sector
65	20/11/2014	Bradford	Sarah Lala	Family Action	NGO/Third Sector
66	20/11/2014	Bradford	Joyce Simmons	Anah Project	NGO/Third Sector
67	20/11/2014	Bradford	Lucy Cohen	Wiliscroft Solicitors	Legal Professional
68	20/11/2014	Bradford	Bana Gora	Muslim Women’s Council	Civil Society
69	20/11/2014	Bradford	Rafiq Sehgal	Council for Mosques	Faith
70	20/11/2014	Bradford	Tanvir Ahmed	Bradford Police	Police
71	20/11/2014	Bradford	Lindsey Bridge	Training	Local Gov
72	20/11/2014	Bradford	Ian Day	Assistant Director Neighbourhoods	Local Gov
73	20/11/2014	Bradford	Noreen Akhtar	Domestic Violence Coordinator	Local Gov
74	20/11/2014	Bradford	Amria Khatun	Strategy Officer (Stronger Communities)	Local Gov
75	20/11/2014		Paul Hill	Safeguarding Children Board Manager	Council
76	20/11/2014		Jude McDonald	CCG's Collaboration	Nurse
77	20/11/2014		Pat Curran	Belle Vue Girls' School	School/College
78	20/11/2014		Farah Nisar	Belle Vue Girls' School	School/College
79	20/11/2014		Graham Bailey	Bradford College	School/College
80	20/11/2014		Tanvir Shaffi	West Yorkshire Police	Police
81	20/11/2014		Di Watherstone	CBMDC	Children's Services
82	20/11/2014		Noreen Akhtar	CBMDC	Children's Services
83	20/11/2014		Shabana Hussain	Staying Put	Shelter/NGO
84	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Amy Cridge	IPCC	Police Commission
85	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Barbara Natasagara	Safer Wales	NGO/Third Sector
86	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Diana Nammi	IKWRO	NGO/Third Sector
87	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Jane Salisbury	Cardiff and the Vale UHB	NHS Board
88	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Karen Jewel	Cardiff and the Vale UHB	NHS Board
89	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Jennifer Dunne	EHRC	Government Commission
90	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Kate Bennett	EHRC	Government Commission
91	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Leane Caddick	South Wales Police	Police
92	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Leighton Thomas	South Wales Police	Police
93	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Mona Sheaves	Journalist	Press
94	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Tina Reece	Welsh Women’s Aid	NGO/Third Sector
95	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Steve Benson-Davidson	South Wales Police	Police
96	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Miriam Elmirghani	BAWSO	NGO/Third Sector
97	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Mwenya Chimba	BAWSO	NGO/Third Sector
98	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Barbara Natasagara	Safer Wales	NGO/Third Sector
99	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Joanne Payton	Cardiff University	Education/Third Sector
100	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Zsanette Shashaty	Welsh Government	Government
101	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Stephen Chapman	Welsh Government	Government
102	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Confidential	South Wales Police	Police
103	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Confidential	South Wales Police	Police
104	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Confidential	South Wales Police	Police
105	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Neil Jenkins	Dyfed and Powys Police Crime Commissioner	Police
106	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Alison McDonald	Vale of Glamorgan Council	Local Government
107	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Stephanie Kendrick-Jones	Cardiff and the Vale	Local Government
108	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Shahien Taj	Henna Foundation	NGO/Third Sector
109	16/06/2015	Cardiff	Sam Austin	Llamau	NGO/Third Sector
110	26/05/2015	London, HoL	Commission		Commission
111	25/09/2015	Luton	Kayleigh Dalton	Victim Support	NGO/Third Sector
112	25/09/2015	Luton	Zabaida Anwar	Victim Support	NGO/Third Sector
113	25/09/2015	Luton	Graham Cole	Luton Council	Council
114	25/09/2015	Luton	Michael Preston-Shoot	University of Bedfordshire	Education
115	25/09/2015	Luton	Saeeda Khan	Victim Support	NGO/Third Sector
116	25/09/2015	Luton	Karen Howell	Luton Council	Council
117	25/09/2015	Luton	Ann Munroe	Luton Council	Council
118	25/09/2015	Luton	Naseem Ayub	Luton Council	Council
119	25/09/2015	Luton	Gerry Taylor	Luton Council	Council
120	25/09/2015	Luton	Natasha Moxon-Booth	Bedfordshire Police	Police
121	25/09/2015	Luton	Elaine Cook	Bedfordshire Police	Police
122	25/09/2015	Luton	Joy Leighton	Victim Support	NGO/Third Sector
123	25/09/2015	Luton	Patricia Jennings	Luton Council	Council
124	25/09/2015	Luton	Melanie Skyers	Luton All Women’s Centre	NGO/Third Sector
125	25/09/2015	Luton	Lucky Begum	Luton All Women’s Centre	NGO/Third Sector
126	25/09/2015	Luton	Krystle Lewis	Luton Council	Council
127	25/09/2015	Luton	Mansoora Karimuddin	Luton Council	Council
128	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Cllr Shafique Shah	Birmingham City Council	Council
129	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Cllr Kerry Jenkins	Birmingham City Council	Council
130	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Cllr Narinder Kooner	Birmingham City Council	Council
131	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Denise Wilson	Birmingham City Council – Adults/ Birmingham Safeguarding Adult Board	Council
132	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Suwinder Bains	Equalities, community Safety and Cohesion Service	Council
133	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Dr Mashuq Ally	Equalities, community Safety and Cohesion Service	Council
134	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Wendy Bird	West Midlands Police	Police
135	29/10/2015	Birmingham	John Hardy	Birmingham City Council- Commissioning Centre of Excellence	Council
136	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Lynne Johnson	Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation NHS Trust	NHS Trust
137	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Trudy Runham	West Midlands Police	Police
138	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Suzanne Llewellyn	Crown Prosecution Service	CPS
139	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Debi Gould	Crown Prosecution Service	CPS
140	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Altia Tenyke	Gilgal	NGO/Third Sector
141	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Baljinder Kaur	Roshni	NGO/Third Sector
142	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Fateh Riaz	Roshni	NGO/Third Sector
143	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Sahdaish Pall	Ashram	NGO/Third Sector
144	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Marcia Lewinson	WAITS	NGO/Third Sector
145	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Shukri Mohammed	Dery Foundation Somaliland Community	NGO/Third Sector
146	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Maureen Connolly	Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid	NGO/Third Sector
147	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Santosh Kaur	Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid	NGO/Third Sector
148	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Muna Choudhry	Ashram	NGO/Third Sector
149	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Faeeza Vaid	Muslim Women’s Network	NGO/Third Sector
150	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Steph Keeble	Birmingham LGBT	NGO/Third Sector
151	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Raj Holness	Breaking the Silence (BTSUK) Ltd	NGO/Third Sector
152	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Mohammed Ashfaq	KIKIT Pathways to recovery	NGO/Third Sector
153	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Cllr Sharon Thompson	Birmingham City Council	Council
154	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Cllr Mariam Khan	Birmingham City Council	Council
155	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Cherry Dale	Birmingham South Central Clinical Commissioning Group	NGO/Third Sector
156	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Chief Supt. Christopher Todd	West Midlands Police	Police
157	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Jonathan Jardine	Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner	PCC
158	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Amelia Murray	Safer Places	NGO/Third Sector
159	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Nicci Collins	Safer Places	NGO/Third Sector
160	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Alicia Welsh	Schools Improvement	Council
161	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Howard Wolfenden	Birmingham City Council - MASH	Council
162	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Jane Held	Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board	Council
163	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Jane Linsell	South and City College	Education
164	29/10/2015	Birmingham	Parveen Hassan	Crown Prosecution Service	CPS
165	18/07/2017 (& 12/11/19)	London	Cmdr Ivan Balhatchet	NPCC National Policing Lead for Honour-Based Abuse: Forced Marriage and FGM	Police
166	06/08/2017	Edinburgh	Sandra McArdle	Hemat Gryffe	NGO/Third Sector
167	06/08/2017 (& 15/08/2019)	Edinburgh (& Glasgow)	Elaine McLaughlin	Hemat Gryffe	NGO/Third Sector
168	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Thilak Senavinirathan	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
169	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Tamanna Kha	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
170	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Daksha Pate	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
171	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Sylvia Dost	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
172	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Suvekashya Joshi	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
173	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Wafa Radhi	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
174	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Sarah Jane Watson	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
175	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
176	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Imelda Utuk	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
177	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Denise Marshall	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
178	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Ashley Thompson	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
179	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Andrea Sheuring	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
180	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Ola Kasprash	Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
181	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Nicola Gooch	Shared Lives	NGO/Third Sector
182	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Lousise Johnson	Scottish Women’s Aid	NGO/Third Sector
183	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Stephen Madill	Safer Families Edinburgh (CEC)	NGO/Third Sector
184	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	John Preston	Police Scotland	Police
185	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Mridul Wadhwa	Police Scotland	Police
186	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Janice Stevenson	LGBT Youth Scotland & Fearless	NGO/Third Sector
187	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Sarah Crawford	JUST RIGHT Scotland	NGO/Third Sector
188	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Sarah Erskine	Solicitor, MHD LAW	Legal Professional
189	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Nafsika Zarkou	Saheliya	NGO/Third Sector
190	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Jana Ridegova	Bright Choices	NGO/Third Sector
191	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Val Waugh	EDDACS, Edinburgh Woman’s Aid	NGO/Third Sector
192	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Sarah Jack	Drummond Miller CCP	Legal Professional
193	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Keeran Dougal	Police Scotland	Police
194	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Scott Arthur	Edinburgh City Council	Council
195	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Siobhan Murphy	Women’s Department, Legal Services Agency	Legal Professional
196	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Veronaka Campanile	East Lothian and MPLOTHIAN Public Protection Office	Police
197	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Diane French	Children’s Services, East Lothian Council	Council
198	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Lesley Watson	Children’s Services, Midlothian Council	Council
199	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Sean Bell	Children’s Team, City of Edinburgh Council	Council
200	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Susan Rae	Edinburgh Councillor	Council
201	17/08/2017	Edinburgh	Mary Campbell	Edinburgh Councillor	Council
202	23/05/2018	London	Confidential	New Scotland Yard	Police
203	28/06/2018	Belfast	Ann Marie White	Refuge	Refuge/NGO
204	28/06/2018	Belfast	Kelly O’ Dowd	Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland (KOD)	NGO/Third Sector
205	28/06/2018	Belfast	Noelle Collins	Belfast and Lisburn Women’s Aid	NGO/Third Sector
206	28/06/2018	Belfast	Brigid McCane	Women's Aid	NGO/Third Sector
207	28/06/2018	Belfast	Meadhbha Monaghan	Homeless Support and Refugee Services Programme Manager	Refuge/NGO
208	28/06/2018	Belfast	Emma Campbell	Alliance for Choice	NGO/Third Sector
209	28/06/2018	Belfast	Dr Fiona Bloomer	Ulster University (FB)	Education
210	28/06/2018	Belfast	Michelle James	Assistant Director Children’s Services, Barnardo’s	NGO/Third Sector
211	28/06/2018	Belfast	Sonya McMullan	Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland (SM)	NGO/Third Sector
212	28/06/2018	Belfast	Mary Brennan	Project Manager, Refugee Services	NGO/Third Sector
213	28/06/2018	Belfast	Kellie Turtle	WRDA Women’s Resource Development Agency	NGO/Third Sector
214	29/06/2018	Belfast	Confidential	Women’s Aid Refuge	Survivor
215	29/06/2018	Belfast	Hansa	Somali Women’s Aid	NGO/Third Sector
216	29/06/2018	Belfast	Confidential	-	Survivor
217	29/06/2018	Belfast	Confidential	-	Survivor
218	29/06/2018	Belfast	Confidential	-	Survivor
219	29/06/2018	Belfast	Confidential	-	Survivor
220	29/06/2018	Belfast	Confidential	-	Survivor
221	02/07/2018	Stormont, Belfast	Clare Bailey MP	Green Party	Member of Parliament
222	03/07/2018	Belfast	Liz Griffen	Belfast Law Centre	Legal Resource
223	03/07/2019	Scotland		Shakti	NGO/Third Sector
224	03/07/2019	Scotland	Trishna Singh	Sikh Sanjog	NGO/Third Sector
225	15/08/2019	Glasgow	Janice Morgan	Daisy Project	NGO/Third Sector
226	15/08/2019	Glasgow	Mariam Ahmed	Daisy Project	NGO/Third Sector
227	25/08/2020	Tele-con	Detective Sergeant Pal Singh		Police