Useful Links Directory
Links to useful websites and resources
Keeping Children Safe
Does your organisation work with children/young people? Are you aware of your legal and moral responsibilities to keep children safe? Do you want to ensure your practice is current and up to standard? Then we have a range of certificated courses designed to meet the child protection training needs of your organisation!
Lucy Faithful Foundation
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation (LFF) is the only UK-wide child protection charity dedicated solely to reducing the risk of children being sexually abused. We work with entire families that have been affected by abuse including: adult male and female sexual abusers; young people with inappropriate sexual behaviours; victims of abuse and other family members. Drawing on our expert knowledge about child sexual abuse we offer a broad range of services for professionals and members of the public. These include: assessments, intervention and treatment of known offenders, case specific advice and support, training and development courses and workshops, educational programmes for internet offenders and their families, circles of support and accountability and internet safety seminars for schools (teachers, parents and children).
Multi Agency Resource Service (MARS)
The Multi-Agency Resource Service aims to support professionals and agencies working in child protection by developing communities of expertise and sharing practice knowledge across Scotland.
Munro Review of Child Protection
On 10 June 2010, ministers announced the launch of a review of child protection, headed by Professor Eileen Munro. The Secretary of State for Education asked Professor Munro to conduct a review of the system, with a focus on strengthening the social work profession, to put them into a better position to make well-informed judgements based on up-to-date evidence in the best interests of children and free from unnecessary bureaucracy and regulation.
NSPCC
The NSPCC's vision is to end cruelty to children in the UK. We campaign to change the law, provide ChildLine and the NSPCC helpline service, offer advice for adults, and much more. See what’s new with our work – or make a difference by volunteering or donating.
Parents Protect
Welcome to Parents Protect, your information and resources website. Here, we aim to raise your awareness about child sexual abuse, answer any questions you may have and give you the information you need to help to protect children.
Railway Chidren
Railway Children fights for children living on the streets Railway Children is an international children's charity. We fight for vulnerable children who live alone at risk on the streets, where they suffer abuse and exploitation. In the UK, society often denies their existence, and in other countries the problem is so prevalent that it has become ‘normal’. They run away or are forced to leave homes where they suffer poverty, violence, abuse and neglect. They find themselves living on the streets because there is nowhere else to go and no one left to turn to. The problems they face on the streets are often even worse than those they endured at home. Every day we fight to change their story. Railway Children race to reach children as soon as they arrive on the streets and intervene before an abuser can. Our pioneering work enables us to get to street children before the streets get to them.
Rape Crisis
Rape Crisis (England and Wales) is a registered charity and the national umbrella organisation for Rape Crisis Centres across the country. We support the work of local centres and aim to develop new centres in areas where there are no or few specialist services. Rape Crisis (England and Wales) campaign continuously to raise awareness of the prevalence of sexual violence and, in particular, we highlight the importance and need for appropriate, high-quality and specialised support.
Refuge
Refuge opened the world’s first safe house for women and children escaping domestic violence in Chiswick, West London, in 1971. Women and children flocked to our doors because, for the first time, someone was saying it was wrong to beat your partner. Back then, domestic violence was seen as a “private matter”, to be dealt with “behind closed doors”. Society turned a blind eye. Since 1971, Refuge has led the campaign against domestic violence. We have grown to become the country’s largest single provider of specialist domestic violence services. On any given day we support over 2,000 women and children. What we believe Refuge is committed to a world where domestic violence is not tolerated and where women and children can live in safety. We aim to empower women and children to rebuild their lives, free from violence and fear. We provide a range of life-saving and life-saving services, and a voice for the voiceless.
Safeguarding Children Research Initiative
The Safeguarding Children Research Initiative is a programme of research studies on child abuse and neglect jointly funded by the Department of Health and the Department for Education. The studies were commissioned as part of the government response to the inquiry following the death of Victoria Climbié. The purpose is to provide a stronger evidence base for the development of policy and practice to improve the protection of children in England.
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
Do you work with vulnerable adults? Would you like training to help you develop your safeguarding policy, procedures and good practice? This certified programme is delivered over a day and a half and will raise awareness of vulnerability in adulthood, reporting procedures, how to assess and manage risk, code of behaviour and good practice in recruitment and management of staff and volunteers. The course also highlights the eight minimum standards of practice contained in Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults - A Shared Responsibility and supports organisations in developing or reviewing their safeguarding policy.
Scottish Child Care and Protection Network
The network fosters connections, collaboration and the coordination of activities that promote the use of research evidence in child care and protection practice in Scotland.
Survivor Scotland
SurvivorScotland, developed by the Scottish Government, aims to raise awareness of childhood abuse and its long-term consequences, improve services and enhance the health and wellbeing of survivors.
The Independent Safeguarding Authority
The Independent Safeguarding Authority’s (ISA) role is to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults. Referrals are made to the ISA when an employer or an organisation, for example, a regulatory body, has concerns that a person has caused harm or poses a future risk of harm to children or vulnerable adults. In these circumstances the employer or regulatory body must make a referral to the ISA.
The National Association for People Abused in Childhood
We are a registered charity, based in the UK, providing support and information for people abused in childhood.
The National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children
he National Working Group for Sexually Exploited Children and Young People (NWG) has developed as a support group for individuals and service providers working with children and young people who are at risk of or who experience sexual exploitation (CSE). Our membership covers voluntary and statutory services and includes representation from health, police, education, youth work, social care, the voluntary sector and central government. Our principal objective is to offer support and advice to those working with children and young people under eighteen who are affected by sexual exploitation.
The Safe Network
The Safe Network provides safeguarding information related to activities outside the home – from after school art clubs to weekend reading groups. So if you’re wondering whether your child or group is safe, read on.
The University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Child Protection Research Centre
The University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Child Protection Research Centre was set up in 2007. Our research is designed to generate a more integrated and deeper understanding of child protection in the UK and internationally, in order to strengthen policy and practice. Vision and Mission Through our research we contribute information and insights to ensure child protection systems are able to respond effectively to children in need of protection wherever they live. Ultimately we want all children in the UK to be safe from all forms of abuse and neglect.
This is Abuse
The word "rape" is often associated with a violent assault by a stranger, but the fact is that in most cases the attacker is someone who the victim knows and may even trust such as a friend, partner or someone from school/college/work. Anyone who has been pressured to have sex without giving their consent has been raped
