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Ex-footballer Garry O’Connor teams up with charity The Destiny Project
A PRESTONPANS-BASED charity has launched its own football team to help tackle mental health issues through the power of sport. The Destiny Project is a children’s mental health charity that…
Snapchat is becoming ‘gossip’ site for teenage gang sex and violence, investigation finds
Source: Daily Telegraph The social media app is being used to film and broadcast assaults, raids of people’s homes and sexual abuse. Snapchat is putting children at risk by becoming…
Soft-touch justice strikes again as ‘abhorrent’ female sex offender released from prison after just 18 months
Campaigners have blasted the Scottish Government’s soft-touch justice after a woman who subjected two young children to horrific sexual abuse was released from prison this week. Susan Abbott abused the…
Gledfield Primary teacher facing watchdog probe accused of failing to act on ‘multiple child protection concerns’
A HIGHLAND teacher is to face 10 days of hearings at the General Teaching Council of Scotland (GTCS) amid allegations a teacher failed “to act upon multiple child protection concerns.”…
Police advice to keep your children safe online
Greater Manchester Police, in conjunction with the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), has issued advice for parents, guardians and carers to keep their children safe when online. Learning how to…
Ofsted announces plans to reinspect schools with ‘ineffective’ safeguarding
Schools that have been graded “inadequate” by Ofsted due to concerns over safeguarding will be reinspected within three months of the initial visit, the inspectorate has announced as part of…
Stoke-on-Trent: Murder arrest as children, 11 and 7, die at home
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two children died at a home in Stoke-on-Trent. The boy, 11, and girl, seven, were found injured and died at…
Microsoft to pay $20m for child privacy violations
Microsoft will pay $20m (£16m) to US federal regulators after it was found to have illegally collected data on children who had started Xbox accounts. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
Safeguarding jobs round up – June 9, 2023
Welcome to this week’s jobs round-up, where you can view some of the job vacancies currently available in the world of safeguarding. Below are a selection of jobs which will…
‘I teach primary school pupils about the harms of drugs’
Drug harm reduction education needs to be given to primary school children, a charity has said. With You Redcar and Cleveland has provided drug and alcohol education to “more than…
