Diagnostic
Cultural Intelligence Baseline
A scoped picture of the cultural and faith factors shaping outcomes in one service area.
You receiveA clear picture and a plan.
Safeguarding, social care and commissioning decisions where faith and culture are in the room.
We help councils, safeguarding partnerships and public services make consistent, defensible decisions with communities, and show how community insight changed what they do.
Why this matters now.
Councils hold some of the most consequential decisions in people’s lives. When culture or faith shapes a situation, consistency and a clear record are what make those decisions fair and defensible.
- Public Sector Equality Duty
Public bodies must have due regard to eliminating discrimination, advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations, including on grounds of religion or belief.
Section 149, Equality Act 2010 - CQC assessment of adult social care
CQC assesses how local authorities meet their Care Act duties, including how they work with people and communities.
- Safeguarding partnerships
Multi-agency partnerships expect practitioners to act on concern with confidence and record their reasoning.
What this means for you
We help you show, service by service, how cultural and faith factors were considered, what communities told you, and what changed as a result.
Decisions we help with.
Where culture and faith shape risk, eligibility and trust.
- Safeguarding thresholdsActing on concern where cultural context is part of the picture, without assumption.
- Social care assessmentAssessments, referrals and care planning where faith and family shape needs.
- Housing and resettlementSupporting tenants, refugees and new arrivals whose faith and culture shape their needs.
- Commissioning and co-productionDesigning services with faith and community leaders from the start.
- Community cohesionResponding to tension and building relationships across communities.
- Funding conditionsSetting cultural capability as a clear, testable condition of community funding.
What you can commission.
Workshop names stay the same across sectors; the scenarios are built from your own services.
Workshop
Safeguarding with local cultural intelligence
Existing safeguarding training strengthened with the cultural and faith context of your area.
You receiveUpdated practice and a written summary.
Governance
Cultural capability in funding conditions
A definition, a proportionate test and a light evidence requirement for organisations you fund.
You receiveOptions, wording and a reporting approach.
Dialogue
Community and faith leader dialogue
Structured conversations with faith and community leaders around a specific decision.
You receiveA written insight summary and a decision record.
Evidence from local government and public services.
Work delivered with councils and public service partners.
- City councilA community pilot on hate crime, violence against women and girls and safeguarding, co-delivered with a city council.
- Support servicesCultural Decision-Making, with a bespoke decision support tool, for a sexual violence service’s advocacy and counselling team. Read the case study.
A tool your teams can use this week.
Practical instrument
Decision toolkit for culturally complex situations
A step-by-step instrument that helps practitioners reach and record decisions where culture and faith are factors.
About our toolsQuestions we are asked
Who helps councils make safeguarding and social care decisions where faith and culture are involved?
CultivIQ works with councils and safeguarding partnerships to strengthen practice with local cultural intelligence and a consistent method for making and recording decisions.
Can cultural capability be built into grant or funding conditions?
Yes. We help councils define cultural capability, set a proportionate test and agree a light evidence requirement, so funded organisations know what is expected and councils can see the result.
How do you help councils co-produce services with faith and community leaders?
Through structured dialogue built around a real decision, with a written record of what was heard and what the council will change.
Tell us about the decision you are facing.
A first conversation is free. We listen, ask one or two questions, and tell you honestly whether and how we can help.