Children and violence

The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report on children referred to Prevent – the government’s counter extremism programme. The report is based on analysis of Home Office data and...

August 26, 2026

General mental health Poverty Safeguarding

Child welfare

The Centre for Young Lives has published its annual State of the Nation report, collating data and indicators to track trends in poverty, mental health, education, safeguarding, housing, special educational...

August 6, 2026

Safeguarding

Child sexual abuse

The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) has published a report on the scale and nature of child sexual abuse in England and Wales. The report includes an analysis of official data for...

July 29, 2026

Category - Safeguarding

News Safeguarding

Two-thirds of social workers say their practice is influenced by fear of the media, finds survey

Almost two-thirds of social workers have been influenced by fear of adverse media coverage when approaching cases, a Community Care survey has found. Of 151 respondents, almost 28% said they or a colleague had been...

December 15, 2023

Safeguarding

Child sexual exploitation

The HMICFRS has published a report on the effectiveness of the police and law enforcement bodies’ response to group-based child sexual exploitation in England and Wales. Findings include: a lack of a shared clear...

December 12, 2023

Marginalised & Excluded Safeguarding

Youth custody

HM Inspectorate of Prisons has published a report examining youth custody in England and Wales. The report looks at the experiences of 12- to 18-year-olds in custody through surveys and independent reviews of progress...

November 28, 2023

Safeguarding

Children and violence

The Youth Endowment Fund has published a report on children’s experiences of violence in England and Wales which includes a survey of over 7,500 teenagers. Findings include: 47% of teens had been a victim or witness of...

November 21, 2023

News Poverty Safeguarding

Thousands of babies and toddlers falling sick from damp homes in Britain, NHS doctor warns

Exclusive: Nearly 31,000 children aged four or under admitted to hospital each year in England due to respiratory virus, with 80% developing acute bronchiolitis
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

November 13, 2023

News Safeguarding

Violence fears make children miss school, youth survey suggests

Fear of violence made a fifth of children miss school at least once in the last year, a survey by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) suggests. Results from the survey of over 7,500 children indicate 16% of children aged 13...

November 13, 2023

Safeguarding

Harmful sexual behaviour

The Lucy Faithfull Foundation has published a report evaluating the first year of its project to tackle harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) in schools in the UK. Key points from the Foundation’s work with ten schools...

October 24, 2023

Safeguarding

Domestic abuse

Women’s Aid has published research looking at children and young people’s understanding of domestic abuse to inform the design of education about relationships. The report includes two surveys with 7- to 18-year-olds...

October 16, 2023

News Safeguarding

How negative perceptions of social workers are reinforced in the media

‘Hostile media coverage’ ‘Blame culture’ Social workers as ‘cultural scapegoats’ or ‘child snatchers’. These are just some of the claims made about how social workers are portrayed in the media. But is the media really...

October 13, 2023

Safeguarding

Multi-agency safeguarding

The National Independent Safeguarding Board (NISB) has published a thematic analysis of 33 child practice reviews in Wales in 2023. The review aims to understand reoccurring themes and any challenges in multi-agency...

October 9, 2023

Category - Safeguarding

The Vulnerability 360 website is produced in partnership with the Letterpress Project

Social