A major charity working with victims of domestic abuse says calls to their 24-hour helpline increased by more than 50 per cent in the year of the pandemic. The lockdown means some women have felt trapped at...
Last year, the health and social care select committee highlighted the social care system as “unfair, confusing, demeaning and frightening for the most vulnerable people in our society and their families”. But...
Over the past year, reports of domestic violence have risen enormously – while refuge places are scarce. One woman explains what it is like trying to help those who have fled for their lives. Read the full...
A major charity working with victims of domestic abuse says calls to their 24-hour helpline increased by more than 50 per cent in the year of the pandemic. The lockdown means some women have felt trapped at home with violent and abusive partners...
Last year, the health and social care select committee highlighted the social care system as “unfair, confusing, demeaning and frightening for the most vulnerable people in our society and their families”. But while the select committee’s report...
Over the past year, reports of domestic violence have risen enormously – while refuge places are scarce. One woman explains what it is like trying to help those who have fled for their lives.
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian
Safeguarding policies introduced to protect women and girls against female genital mutilation (FGM) are instead eroding trust and alienating African diaspora communities, a study has found.
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) has published an overview of the current research and practice knowledge around sibling sexual abuse. The report covers: sexual behaviour between siblings; the scale and nature of sibling...
People at risk of domestic violence during lockdown will be able to signal they need to speak in private
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Call for England to follow Scotland’s lead and give children same protection from violence as adults.
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian
A church in Kent has warned the Ministry of Justice it will take legal action unless it moves to immediately end solitary confinement of children at a youth custody establishment.
Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People Now
In the next free webinar in the #BBBYouthWelfare series, we will be discussing county lines – how criminal gangs target and exploit young people, what the national picture is, the actions being taken locally to tackle and prevent and how we can...
The “broken system” within children’s social care must be rebuilt following decades of cuts to local authority funding, Labour’s shadow minister for children and early years has said. Speaking at the Early Intervention Foundation’s national...
