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Chief Medical Officer advises parents and carers on screen time

The Chief Medical Officer for the UK has published commentary an independent research on the connections between the number of screen-based activities...
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Plan published to ensure effective early intervention

The Early Intervention Foundation has published a major new report setting out a ‘bold plan of action’ to ensure effective early intervention is a...
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SAVE THE DATE – Safer Internet Day 5 February 2019

Safer Internet Day 2019 will be celebrated globally on Tuesday 5th February with the slogan: ‘Together for a better Internet’. ...
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Almost half of children not told why they are in care

A survey of more than 2,600 children has found that almost half of four- to seven-year-olds in care have not had the reason for them being there fully...
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Livestreaming and video-chat risks highlighted

Results of a survey by the NSPCC has highlighted the risks faced by children and young people when using the internet, in particular the dangers of li...
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Characteristics of children in need 2017/18

The Department for Education has released statistics on the characteristics of children in need 2017/18. The number of children in need increased this...
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Safeguarding in faith communities

The Social Care Institute for Excellence has published a summary of event they held bringing senior UK faith leaders together to talk about safeguardi...
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Survey highlights online risk for children

A survey by the NSPCC of nearly 40,000 children and young people (aged 7 to 16) has found that, on average, one child per primary school class has bee...
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New response unit to tackle exploitation of vulnerable children

A national response unit is to be set up to provide support to local authorities to help stop child sexual exploitation, trafficking, modern slavery a...