ROC Ambassadors Conference - March 2012
We hosted a ROC Ambassadors conference in Plymouth earlier this month. This was our first ever regional conference, with 45 delegates from the South West peninsula. Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton spoke about some of the social needs and challenges for a police force which covers the largest geographical area in the UK, and one which also covers a very wide variety of both rural and urban communities. Conference delegates came from churches and also from agencies including Police and Probation. The weekend included lots of interaction including speed networking and a dragons den exercise which unearthed new project ideas like ROC Rural, and ROC Farm. Things have progressed a long way since the early days when ROC was mainly focused on urban cities!
Over 260 ROC Ambassadors around the UK represent the ROC DNA by living out the vision and values. They show communities compassion by demonstrating love in action by kind acts of service. They also testify by telling good news stories which promote immunity well being. We are excited to see how things will progress in Devon and Cornwall under the leadership of a local steering group. ROC conversation consultation evenings are being planned and the first ROC projects are already underway!
Responses from March 2012 Conference:
"A great opportunity to network with other like minded organisations/individuals; that offers a great opportunity to make a real difference in the community."
- Tim Fox, Devon & Cornwall Probation Trust
"It's great to know I am not simply idealistic, but with joining like minded people, real results can be achieved."
- Rosie Gibson, Plymouth College of Art
"Very well constructed conference. Great encouragement to hear all the work being done and exciting new ideas which I will feed to others."
- Caroline Rhodda, Redruth Cornwall
"Great conference - fantastic inspiration & energy from everybody."
- Sarah Giles, Devon & Cornwall Police
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