This section includes links to national and regional organisations that offer information, advice and guidance on safeguarding children and young people.
NSPCC (National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children)
National charity dedicated to ending cruelty to children in the UK. The NSPCC campaigns for changes to the law, provides Child Line and the NSPCC Helpline and offers advice for adults.
Forced Marriage
Foreign Office website
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/when-things-go-wrong/forced-marriage/
•Female Genital Mutilation
Foreign Office website
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/when-things-go-wrong/fgm/
FGM Factsheet
Published by the Government Equalities Office in partnership with the Department of Health and Department for Children, Schools and Families. The factsheet aims to raise awareness about FGM. It explains what FGM is, who is most likely to be affected by it and why some communities wrongly justify this practice. It also provides guidance on how to identify those at risk and where to find information, services and useful organisations.
•Sexual Exploitation
Barnardo’s website
Barnardo’s is a national charity that works with vulnerable children throughout the UK.
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_do/our_projects/sexual_exploitation.htm
•Human Trafficking
United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC). Part of Serious Organised Crime Agency.
A multi-agency unit that provides a point of co-ordination for the development of expertise and cooperation to combat the trafficking of human beings (THB). It works with stakeholders from the governmental, non-governmental and inter-governmental sectors in the UK and abroad, including all UK police forces, the UK Border Agency, and charitable organisations.
http://www.soca.gov.uk/about-soca/about-the-ukhtc
Domestic Abuse
Against Violence and Abuse
Provides a range of services, including training, for professionals working in the field of domestic violence
Accident Prevention
Child Accident Prevention Trust
A national charity committed to reducing the number of children and young people who are killed, disabled or seriously injured as a result of accidents.
Activities Outside the Home
Safe Network
The Safe Network provides safeguarding information related to activities outside the home – from after school art clubs to weekend reading groups. It is jointly managed by the NSPCC, Children England and Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), and was created as a result of the Government’s Staying Safe action plan.
Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
A national charity committed to reducing the number of children and young people who are killed, disabled or seriously injured as a result of accidents.
Carrying babies safely in cars
Guidance for practitioners who support expectant and new parents, this guide has been written to help practitioners who support expectant and new parents to learn more about carrying babies safely in cars. Midwives, health visitors and those who work with them are respected advisers in the eyes of parents and they are the main audiences for this guide. However, it will also be valuable to others in positions to give advice to expectant and new parents including people running ante-natal classes, child-minders and family support staff. Although written for a non-specialist audience, the guide may also act as a useful quick reference guide for local authority road safety officers in their work with practitioners who support expectant and new parents.
Domestic Abuse
This link will take you to information on local domestic abuse services.
