We are so excited to announce that we are featured in June’s issue of Exeter Living! Best described as Devon’s luxury lifestyle magazine celebrating the very best of local living and businesses in the beautiful city of Exeter. Check out SAFE Director Simon Snell’s full interview here… Full Page Article
Every year in April the Suzy Lamplugh Trust champions awareness of stalking and the dangers surrounding stalking within ‘National Stalking Awareness week’. Suzy Lamplugh Trust works tirelessly to spread the word, support victims and take steps to end stalking altogether. This year National Stalking Awareness Week focuses on stalking behaviours amongst young people and how…
With some progress being made around the world to tackle gender based equality, we still face a crisis with the rising cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence. One in every three women worldwide will be physically, sexually, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. That’s an estimated 736 million women and girls aged 15 plus.…
How high would you rate your trauma awareness? According to the Worldwide Health Organisation (WHO), the average human will go through roughly 3.5 traumatic events in their lifetime and often the repercussions can take a while to surface. It’s a known phenomenon that the brain sometimes hides particularly stressful, traumatic or fear-related memories to…
This week is an important week in the safeguarding calendar as we mark and highlight the importance of ‘Safeguarding Adults Awareness Week’. We are extremely fortunate to have our own, SAFE associate Paul Northcott, share his thoughts and personal experience with us. Safeguarding Adults Awareness Week not only provides us all with an opportunity to…
October marks National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month, a month-long observation to educate and raise awareness of the effects of bullying and cyberbullying (Online bullying). The consequences of bullying are known, but not limited to; lower self-esteem, depression, isolation, and physical and emotional scars. These behaviours cause physical and emotional pain and distress. Bullying can happen to…
From today (21st June 2021), Mental Health World Wellbeing Week will take place until the end of June aiming to highlight the importance of mental and physical wellbeing. Wellbeing can be interpreted differently depending on the individual however generally speaking ‘wellbeing’ is defined as a satisfactory condition of excellence or the state of being happy, healthy…
What is ‘University Mental Health Day’? Why is it important? University Mental Health Day is an annual event run by ‘Student Minds’ Charity & ‘University Mental Health Advisors Network’ (UMHAN) held on the first Thursday of March. This year ‘UMHD’ is taking place on Thursday 4th March 2021. UMHD is aimed at uniting the University…
Taking over from Social Networking in the child’s world or just another Internet fad? One of the fastest growing Online Safety concerns is Live Streaming, Live streaming is the ability via mobile phone or other device to broadcast yourself and your surroundings or activities ‘live’ to friends, or if you so choose, the world. Platforms…
In this post we discuss the Online Safeguarding Challenges ‘Sexting’ according to Wikipedia Sexting is…..”sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or videos, … or sending a text possibly with images”. To be clear this is an adult description. Talk to young people and they have a number of names for it, the most…
Cyberbullying – The realities and coping mechanisms for young people and adults Cyberbullying and bullying in its many forms can affect children in varied ways. Some like myself only encounter short periods in their life when this happens, and the majority develop coping strategies and the period ends. For others though the impact can be…
Tweet #AnInternetWeTrust Facts and Figures An Internet we trust: exploring reliability in the online world with Safer Internet Day This Safer Internet day lets explore the headlines from the National Crime Agency; Cyber criminals seek to exploit human or security vulnerabilities in order to steal passwords, data or money directly. The most common cyber threats…
Monday 8th February 2021 – GAMING We are kicking off our series of blog posts focusing on ‘Online Safeguarding Challenges – Gaming’ whereby we will be discussing the current issues at hand and what parents/teachers/carers can do to keep children safe. After the tumultuous year that has been 2020 and the move to online teaching…
How do you know what level of Safeguarding Training you need? Safeguarding Associates for Excellence offer a range of comprehensive training courses. All our Safeguarding training is designed to meet the requirements for any organisation working with children, young people and adults. We have worked hard to ensure that the course content meets the needs…
We are excited to share our 2021 Safeguarding Courses. SAFE received some outstanding feedback from both individuals and companies/organisations who undertook a variety of safeguarding training with us during 2020. On reflection, I’m sure most would agree that 2020 has been a most challenging year indeed. For SAFE it has involved our trainers acquainting themselves…
Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and adults and protect them from harm. Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility and, all organisations that work with or have contact with children and adults at risk must demonstrate compliance with this responsibility. What is Safeguarding? Safeguarding is the policies and practices that…
Proud to be raising awareness for National Safeguarding Adults Week
What is Safeguarding? Safeguarding is the policies and practices that establishments follow to keep children and adults safe and promote their well-being. This can cover things such as recruitment of staff, recognising the signs of abuse, and ensuring that all staff are aware of legislation and safe practices. All organisations that work with or have…
What is the difference between Level 1 & Level 2 Training Safeguarding Associates for Excellence offer a range of comprehensive training courses. All our Safeguarding training is designed to meet the requirements for any organisation working with children and young people. We have worked hard to ensure that the course content meets the needs of…
Reports of child abuse images online increased by almost 50% during lockdown, according to the Internet Watch Foundation.
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Reports of child abuse images online increased by almost 50% during lockdown, according to the Internet Watch Foundation.
Against the background of changing technologies, all organisations that work with children and young people have a responsibility to safeguard those children. The Government response to this is in the Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018 document which outlines responsibilities and desired outcomes. There are also several UK and regional laws and procedural documents protecting…
I have worked operationally and strategically in the safeguarding field for a few decades now. At last, I can correctly and proudly say as I mature into a young middle age I have been there and done it, the ‘T’ shirt is within my grasp. Despite all this ‘experience’ the essential competencies according to the…