Latest Safeguarding News
Gloucestershire Police taking decisive action to improve how they safeguard children at risk
Source: Gloucestershire Constabulary published on this website Friday 23 May 2025 by Jill Powell
Gloucestershire Police are taking decisive action to bring about rapid change to how we safeguard children at risk following an inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS).
In a report published today on Wednesday 21 May HMICFRS said they were ‘in...
Read More..........Sex offender identified during Met Police Live Facial Recognition operation
Source: Metropolitan Police published on this website Thursday 22 May 2025 by Jill Powell
The deployment of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology by Met Police officers in Southwark helped put a registered sex offender back behind bars.
LFR is an advanced technology where Met officers position a van equipped with cameras in a pre-agreed location in London.
These cameras capture live footage ...
Read More..........Top Tips for Staff: help your staff keep your organisation safe online (2)
Source: National Cyber Security Centre published on this website Wednesday 22 May 2025 by Jill Powell
Our training package 'Top Tips for Staff' addresses the challenge of making cyber security relevant to everyone in your organisation. It is completely free, easy to use, and takes less than 30 minutes to complete. This training introduces the importance of cyber security and explains how attacks ...
Read More..........Couple jailed for 46 years for sexually abusing a child
Source: National Crime Agency (NCA) published on this website Tuesday 20 May 2025 by Jill Powell
A couple from Wales have been jailed for 23 years each after footage was shared online of them sexually abusing a child.
Jonathan Leonard, 58, from Caldicot, Monmouthshire, and Ann Bray, 62, from Newport were arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency in September 2024 after information was ...
Read More..........Helpful guidance, Online Safety Act: explainer
Source: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology published on this website Monday 19 May 2024
The Online Safety Act 2023 (the Act) is a new set of laws that protects children and adults online. It puts a range of new duties on social media companies and search services, making them more responsible for their users’ safety on their platforms. The Act will give providers new duties to impl...
Read More..........Safer Internet Day 2025 reaches more parents, carers, and young people than ever before
Source: UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) published on this website Friday 16 May 2025 by Jil Powell
Safer Internet Day 2025 reached more young people than ever before, with 57% of UK children aged 8-17 hearing about the day, alongside 50% of UK parents and carers, an increase of almost 20% compared to the previous year.
The impact report looks at the reach of Safer Internet Day 20...
Read More..........New guidance for education settings to prepare for and respond to terrorism and other major incidents.
Source: Department for Education published on this website Thursday 15 March 2025 by Jil Powell
This new non statutory guidance Protective security and preparedness for education settings was published on the 29 April.
This non-statutory guidance is for:
security and incident leads
all staff, including non-teaching staff
It applies to:
all education settings and childcare provi...
Read More..........Crackdown on those who assist in self-harm
Source: Ministry of Justice published on this website Wednesday 14 May 2025
To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, new measures in the Crime and Policing Bill will protect vulnerable people who are encouraged or assisted to self-harm.
New laws to protect vulnerable people at risk of self-harm
Those who provide the tools for self-harm face up to 5 years behind bars, helping to cut crime and del...
Read More..........Abusive care home manager jailed
Source: Northumbria Police published on this website Tuesday 13 May 2025 by Jill Powell
A care home manager in the North East who physically and sexually abused residents has been jailed for three years and three months.
Concerns were first raised around William Malcolm’s inappropriate and unprofessional conduct in 2022 and then began a complex and long-running investigation.
Malcolm, 61, who w...
Read More..........Working together to safeguard children 2023 updated 8 May 2025
Source: Department for Education published on this website Monday 12 May 2025 by Jill Powell
The updated version has an illustrated guide, an animated video and details of a toolkit for children, young people and their families, and practitioners working with them.
This is so practitioners can share and use with children, young people and their families:
Working together to safeguard ch...
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