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Safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment in the international aid: FCDO progress report 2024 to 2025
Source: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office published on this website Friday May 1 2026 by Jill Powell
Since 2018 the UK has led in advocating improved global standards and performance on safeguarding against sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment (SEAH) in the international aid sector. This included hosting an international safeguarding summit in 2018. View the&...
Read More..........New Learning Hub from The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
Source: The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published on this site Thursday 30 April 2026 by Jill Powell
Bringing together learning and insights from child safeguarding reviews to support stronger practice for children.
To access the Learning hub...
Read More..........Three relevant Bills have now received Royal Assent and have become Acts of Parliament
Source: Parliament UK published on this website Thursday 30 April 2026 by Jill Powell
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill has now received Royal Assent and is now the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026
This Act is to make provision about the safeguarding and welfare of children; about support for children in care or leaving care; about regulation of care workers; about regulation ...
Read More..........Childline have published new posters encouraging children to seek help from Childline
Source: NSPCC published on this website Wednesday 29 April 2026 by Jill Powell
The series of posters encourage children to use Childline if they need support. Download and share digitally or print and pin up around your building.
Childline have different designs for children of primary and secondary school age in English and bilingual Welsh/English.
Download all Childline posters in E...
Read More..........Boy, 16, sentenced for targeting vulnerable teenage girls online with self-harm campaign lasting 16 months
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published on this website Tuesday 28 April 2026 by Jill Powell
A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced after encouraging other internet users to self-harm, as well as downloading indecent images of children.
The defendant, aged 14 at the time of the offences, used an online username to hide his identity while targeting victims which were primarily teenage gir...
Read More..........Investigation into charities run by designated person results in over £1.3m redistributed to good causes
Source: The Charity Commission published on this site Monday 27 April 2026 by Jill Powell
The Charity Commission has concluded its statutory inquiries into the Kantor Foundation and Kantor
Charitable Foundation, finding neither charity remained viable after the designation of the charities’ founder, Dr Vitacheslav Kantor.
Both charities were set up to provide grants to projects and causes in an...
Read More..........Met wins judicial review over use of Live Facial Recognition
Source: Metropolitan Police Service published on this website Friday 24 April 2026 by Jill Powell
The Met has won a judicial review into the use of Live Facial Recognition across London. The Court concluded that the Met’s policy complies with human rights law, recognising that it contains clear, precise and effective safeguards.
Sir Mark Rowley, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, s...
Read More..........Former teacher guilty of sexual abuse at a children’s home in the 1970s
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) A man has been found guilty of sexual assaults on young boys at a children’s home in Hastings in the 1970s.
Roland Simmons worked as a teacher at Guestling House, a residential home.
Four victims, who were placed into care at the property, and are now all in their 60s, came forward to report that they had been abused.
Catherine Wear, Senior Crown Prosecut...
Read More..........Investigation into the provider of Telegram and its compliance with duties to protect users from illegal content under the Online Safety Act 2023
Source: Ofcom published on this website Wednesday 22 April 2026 by Jill Powell
Ofcom are investigating whether the provider of Telegram, Telegram Messenger Inc. has failed, or is failing to comply with its illegal content safety duties under the Online Safety Act 2023 in respect of Child Sexual Abuse Material.
Part 3 of the Online Safety Act 2023 (‘the Act’) imposes illegal content safety...
Read More..........UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Nursery worker jailed and company fined after death of toddler
Source: Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published on this website Tuesday 21 April 2026 by Jill Powell
A nursery practitioner has been jailed for the gross negligence manslaughter of a 14-month-old toddler who died after being suffocated while staff tried to make him fall asleep.
Toddler Noah Sibanda died at Fairytales Day Nursery on 9 December 2022 having been physically restrained face down on...
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