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Government publishes final statutory relationships, sex and health education guidance for schools.
Source: Department for Education published on this website Wednesday 16 July 2025 by Jill Powell
Children and young people will be better protected from the scourge of misogynism, deepfake porn and unhealthy attitudes to consent, power and control through new Relationships, Sex and Health Education guidance for schools being published Tuesday 15 July.
The statutory guidance has a...
Read More..........Chancellor launches new £500m Fund to break down barriers to opportunity for up to 200,000 vulnerable children and young people and deliver Plan for Change.
Source: HM Treasury published on this web site Monday 14 July 2025 by Jill Powell
Struggling and vulnerable families and children are to be given a better start in life after a new government fund was announced today (Monday 14 July), which will provide them with the support and funding needed to access a better education, a safe home, and the caring supportive environment they need to flourish.
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Read More..........A new Ofcom discussion paper, published today, explores how different tools and techniques could be used to identify deepfakes
Source: Ofcom published on this website Friday 11 July 2025 by Jill Powell
Deepfakes are AI-generated videos, images and audio content that are deliberately created to look real. They pose a significant threat to online safety, and we have seen them being used for financial scams, to depict people in non-consensual sexual imagery and to spread disinformation about politicians.
In July last year,...
Read More..........New changes to remove a local connection requirement for young care leavers and domestic abuse survivors comes into effect today.
Source: Ministries of Housing, Communities and Local Government published on this website Thursday 10 July 2025 by Jill Powell
More young people leaving care and domestic abuse survivors can now have greater access to social housing, thanks to new changes removing a local connection requirement coming into effect today.
Last month the Deputy Prime Minister confirmed the govern...
Read More..........Prison term for ‘legal first’ prosecution of man who encouraged a vulnerable woman to commit serious self-harm online
Source: Crown Prosecution Service published on this website Wednesday 9 September 2025 by Jill Powell
A man who was the first to be charged with encouraging serious self-harm online under Section 184 of the Online Safety Act 2023 has been sentenced to a nine years and four month prison term - partially to be served in hospital.
Tyler Webb, 22, used the Telegram communications app to repeat...
Read More..........Keeping children safe in education Statutory guidance for schools and colleges July 2025 (for information) version, pending publication of final version which comes into force in September 2025.
Source: Department for Education - GOV.UK published on this website Tuesday 8 July 2025 by Jill Powell
This guidance sets out the legal duties you must follow to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 in schools and colleges.
It applies to all schools and colleges, and is for:
headteachers, teachers and staff
governing bodies, proprietors and manag...
Read More..........Up to 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs to be rolled out across the country to provide wide-ranging help for families, such as parenting and early development.
Source: Department for Education published on this website Monday 7 July 2025 by Jill Powell
Parents across the country will benefit from greater support to make family life easier on their doorstep, as the government rolls out ‘Best Start Family Hubs’ across every local authority – relieving pressure on parents and giving half a million more children the very best start in life.
Postcodes shoul...
Read More..........Child sexual abuse material vs ‘child porn’: why language matters
Source: Internet Watch Foundation(IWF) published on this website Friday 4 July 2025 by Jill Powell
In 2024, the Internet Watch Foundation confirmed 291,273 reports of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online, the highest number ever recorded. That’s nearly 800 reports a day, each containing content that shows the sexual abuse of a child.
Yet the phrase often still used to describe thi...
Read More..........Photographer jailed after sexually assaulting two models
Source: Attorney General's Office published on this site Thursday 3 July 2025 by Jill Powell
Wayne Glover-Stuart [36] from Chiswick, West London, has had his suspended sentence overturned and jailed for three years after the Solicitor General Lucy Rigby KC MP referred his case to the Court of Appeal.
The court heard that Glover-Stuart, a former theatre producer, invited two men on se...
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