Safeguarding

Violence against Women and Girls

The United Nations’ (UN’s) 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence began on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December...

November 29, 2021

Marginalised & Excluded News Safeguarding

Children’s sector leaders call for overhaul of youth justice system

Children services leaders have called for major youth justice reforms, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and creating a more “responsive and child centred system”. They also want a reformed...

November 25, 2021

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Alone, afraid and facing exile: one boy’s ordeal indicts Britain’s asylum system

On the final Saturday night in August, the last RAF plane left Afghanistan. On board were any remaining British diplomats and soldiers, escaping a country in murderous chaos. Outside the base, Taliban militia...

November 25, 2021

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Sharp rise in acute medical beds occupied by children with nowhere else to go

A third of all children’s acute hospital beds in parts of England are being occupied by vulnerable children who do not need acute medical care but have nowhere else to go, safeguarding experts have warned. Read the full article on this link to The...

September 13, 2021

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Religious groups in UK failing children over sex abuse, report says

There are “shocking failings” and “blatant hypocrisy” in the way major UK religious groups handle child sex abuse allegations, an inquiry has found. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said some religious...

September 2, 2021

Safeguarding

Domestic homicides

The Home Office has published a report looking at domestic abuse related deaths in England and Wales in 2020/21. Findings include: there were 215 deaths reported to the Domestic Homicides Project between 23 March 2020 and 31 March 2021, a slight...

September 1, 2021

News Safeguarding

Police failing to impose orders on men accused of abuse, watchdog finds

Police are failing to impose restraining orders or bail conditions on men accused of rape, domestic abuse, harassment and stalking, a watchdog has found, placing women and girls at increased risk of harm. A police super-complaint, submitted by the...

August 24, 2021

News Poverty Safeguarding

UK’s most deprived areas have highest number of gambling outlets – report

The UK’s most deprived areas have more than 10 times the number of betting shops than the most affluent parts of the country, research shows. Gambling venues are concentrated in the most deprived areas of Britain, against the wishes of people who...

August 23, 2021

News Safeguarding

The Guardian view on children’s care in crisis: the high price of neglect

About the only good thing that can be said about the worsening crisis in children’s social care is that it is being talked about. The extremely serious consequences of the pandemic for some of the most vulnerable children in the UK were predictable...

August 20, 2021

Safeguarding

‘FaceTime isn’t enough’: the struggle to protect England’s at-risk children

Throughout her 20-year social work career, Esmée Peters (not her real name) has always had families that have stayed in her mind long after the end of the working day. “You can’t sleep at night because you’re worried what might happen to them and …...

August 12, 2021

Safeguarding

Revealed: England’s pandemic crisis of child abuse, neglect and poverty

A looming crisis of children suffering abuse, neglect and poverty has been exposed, with growing numbers of young people taken into care in some of England’s most deprived communities during the pandemic. Read the full article on this link to The...

August 11, 2021

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Longfield to lead independent commission on gangs and criminal exploitation

Former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield will examine the scale of child criminal exploitation and come up with ways to cut the number of children used by gangs as part of an independent commission due to launch next month...

August 9, 2021

Safeguarding

Tackling violence against women and girls strategy

The Home Office has published the Tackling violence against women and girls strategy. Elements of the strategy relating to crime, policing and justice apply to England and Wales, while elements relating to health, social care, and education apply to...

July 27, 2021

Violence against Women and Girls

Children’s sector leaders call for overhaul of youth justice system

Alone, afraid and facing exile: one boy’s ordeal indicts Britain’s asylum system

Category - Safeguarding

Sharp rise in acute medical beds occupied by children with nowhere else to go

Religious groups in UK failing children over sex abuse, report says

Domestic homicides

Police failing to impose orders on men accused of abuse, watchdog finds

UK’s most deprived areas have highest number of gambling outlets – report

The Guardian view on children’s care in crisis: the high price of neglect

‘FaceTime isn’t enough’: the struggle to protect England’s at-risk children

Revealed: England’s pandemic crisis of child abuse, neglect and poverty

Longfield to lead independent commission on gangs and criminal exploitation

Tackling violence against women and girls strategy

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