Safeguarding
The relevant policies are attached in our policies section here.
Safeguarding during Coronavirus
At this time, when children are indoors and potentially using social media and the Internet more, please be aware of the increased safeguarding risks.
Here are some links you may find useful to support you at this time.
Barnardo's - Links to support for children / young people and their families:
Helping families | Barnardo's (barnardos.org.uk)
LGBTQ young people | Barnardo's (barnardos.org.uk)
Vaping
Please see the attached PDF for information about the impact of Vaping on young people.
THC Sweets
It has come to our notice that THC sweets have become popular across the UK with teenagers, and are unfortunately easily available online. They look like harmless sweets but they are in fact laced with THC – the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis. 13 school children in London have been hospitalised after eating them. Here is a photo so that you know what to look for.
We know reporting crime is never easy, but at fearless.org your identity remains completely unknown which might may the process that bit easier.
Please find below the website link for Fearless. This is linked to Crimestoppers but specifically aimed at young people. Information can be provided anonymously.
https://crimestoppers-uk.org/fearless
Also, the link for immobilise below. We would encourage young people to register mobile phones on this database however anything with a serial number or of high value can be registered. Police use this to check any property recovered to see if an owner can be identified.