Latest Safeguarding News
Changes to the training needed for a Supervisor or Security Guard Licence
Source: Security Industry Authority (SIA) published on this website Friday 21 February 2025 by Jill Powell
From 1 April 2025, there has to be a ‘refresher’ qualification the door supervisor or security guard licence can be renewed
There has to be an up-to-date Emergency First Aid at Work qualification, or equivalent, before the refresher training (read about the first aid qualifications we accep...
Read More..........Mencap responds to “Lost in the System; The Need for Better NHS Admin, from the Kings Fund”
Source: Mencap published on this website Thursday 20 February 2025 by Jill Powell
The report highlights the scale and impact of poor NHS administration and patient communications, including on people with long-term conditions.
Jon Sparkes, OBE, Chief Executive at learning disability charity Mencap, says:
“It's deeply worrying to hear people are being deterred from gett...
Read More..........‘Ronan’s Law’ to see toughest crackdown yet on knife sales online
Source: Home Office published on this site Wednesday 19 February 2025 by Jill Powell
Retailers will need to report suspicious and bulk purchases of knives on their platforms to police, with tougher sentences for selling knives to under 18s.
Stricter rules for online retailers selling knives will be introduced by the government, along with tougher penalties for failing to enforce them, as we purs...
Read More..........Man who conspired to commit FGM has jail sentence increased
Source: Attorney Generals Office Published on this website Tuesday 18 February 2025 by Jill Powell
Emad Kaky, 48, has had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme. The court heard that in June 2019 Kaky arranged for a young girl to travel to Iraq for an FGM procedure and to be forced into marriage.
Kaky’s plans were uncovered by...
Read More..........Church of England publish first annual report on independent safeguarding audits
Source: Church of England published on this website Friday 14 February 2025 by Jill Powell
The INEQE Safeguarding Group has today published its first annual report into the independent audit work looking at safeguarding arrangements within Church of England dioceses and cathedrals.
Sarah McKimm, Independent Chair of the Audit's Quality Assurance group and independent chair of...
Read More..........Cross Partnership Safeguarding Practice Review: Report published
Source: Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership published on this website Thursday 13 February 2025 by Jill Powell
This information has been provided on behalf of Central Bedfordshire, Suffolk, and Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnerships.
In June 2023, Isabella Wheildon tragically died. Scott Jeff has been found guilty of Isabella’s murder, and Isabella’s Mothe...
Read More..........Security boss convicted of obstructing regulator's investigation
Source: Security Industry Authority published on this website Wednesday 12 February 2025 by Jill Powell
The director of a Manchester-based security company has been ordered to pay over £3,500 after failing to comply with an investigation into the suspected deployment of unlicensed security operatives.
Katie O’Neill, the director of I-Guard Security Ltd, ignored several requests for information a...
Read More..........Today is Safer Internet Day
Source: UK Safer internet Centre published on this website Tuesday 11 February 2025 by Jill Powell
For Safer Internet Day 2025 (11th February), new research released by the UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC), coordinators of the day in the UK, reveals that exposure to scams is a regular part of life online for young people, with 79% of 8 to 17-year-olds coming across scams online at least once...
Read More..........Former scout leader who assaulted 19 boys jailed
Source: Crown Prosecution Service published on this website Monday 10 February 2025
A former scout leader who assaulted children as young as seven over almost three decades has been jailed.
Ian Charles Silvester, 60, was found guilty of 79 offences following a trial at Lewes Crown Court on 20 November 2024. Today, he has been sentenced to 16 years imprisonment, with an additional six years...
Read More..........Burglary duo that befriended vulnerable victims for profit jailed
Source: Staffordshire Police published on this website Friday 7 February 2025 by Jill Powell
A man and a woman that worked together to befriend vulnerable victims for their own gain have been jailed for a collective sentence spanning nearly ten years.
Nicola Clewes, and Gary Betts, both 46 and from Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, admitted burglary and theft offences at an earlier hearing and were sentence...
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