All Safeguarding articles

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    Should we worry about the friendships our children make at school?

    2023-08-15T07:37:00Z

    How well do you know your children’s friends?

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    What to do if you see or suspect child abuse

    2023-05-10T09:12:00Z

    Each month, the safeguarding experts at Thirtyone:eight help us to keep those in our care safe, as well as our policies and procedures sound.

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    Safeguarding concerns at Soul Survivor

    2023-04-26T10:05:00Z

    The charity watchdog for England and Wales, the Charity Commission, has received a safeguarding serious incident report from Watford church Soul Survivor. In a statement to Premier Christian News, a spokesperson for the Charity Commission confirmed it has asked the church’s trustees for “additional information about the ...

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    Private tuition - what are the risks?

    Each month, the safeguarding experts at Thirtyone:eight help us to keep those in our care safe, as well as our policies and procedures sound.

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    Making space for children to be heard

    2023-02-23T12:50:00Z

    Each month, the safeguarding experts at Thirtyone:eight help us to keep those in our care safe, as well as our policies and procedures sound.

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    Talking to children about safeguarding issues

    2023-01-23T15:27:00Z

    Children have the right to live free from the fear of harm and abuse. In settings and environments such as schools, which have had to learn the hard lessons of the past, this is already largely the case. But outside of school – in sports clubs, youth ...

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    More work to be done to protect children from abuse

    2022-11-21T11:52:00Z

    Each month, the safeguarding experts at Thirtyone:eight help us to keep those in our care safe, as well as our policies and procedures sound.

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    Digital safeguarding: staying safe online

    2022-10-31T14:49:00Z

    Each month, the safeguarding experts at Thirtyone:eight help us to keep those in our care safe, as well as our policies and procedures sound.

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    Hosting church youth activities in your home

    2022-09-16T09:52:00Z

    Each month, the safeguarding experts at thirtyone:eight help us to keep those in our care safe, as well as our policies and procedures sound.

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    Is your safeguarding approach in place for the new term?

    2022-08-25T14:50:00Z

    Most people will be familiar with criminal record checks if they work with vulnerable people in their church or community groups. They may have been required to do safeguarding training and will be aware that their church or organisation has a safeguarding policy. Having safeguarding policies and procedures in place is now standard practice.

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    Ofsted highlights explicit image requests

    2021-07-02T00:00:00Z

    A recent review by Ofsted has shown that many children and young people are not reporting incidents of sexual harassment and unwanted advances in school and colleges, with 90 percent of girls and 50 percent of boys saying they have received unwanted explicit pictures or videos. We asked Gabriella Russo, a former youth and children’s worker, who has taught workshops on abuse prevention, for her take on this disturbing aspect of teen culture

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    Revisiting safeguarding procedures during the winter

    2020-11-26T00:00:00Z

    In March, we as churches across the United Kingdom were forced to make drastic changes in the way we did things. Now, as we get close to the end of the year, it may be a good time to step back and analyse how we are responding to this year’s changes in church life from a safeguarding perspective.  

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    How Safe is Your Group?

    2020-10-23T00:00:00Z

    On Tuesday 6th October 2020, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) published its full report into the Anglican Church. This follows the interim report, which was published in May 2019, focusing upon case studies from the Diocese of Chichester and the abuses by Bishop Peter Ball. YCW spoke to Thirtyone:eight, who provide a regular column on safeguarding in YCW, about some of the implications

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    Engaging with young people online: navigating the opportunities and risks

    2020-03-27T00:00:00Z

    Throughout history, the Church has been consistently changing and adapting the way it communicates the unchanging message of God's grace. Even in these unsettling and unprecedented times, we’ve seen the church courageously reinventing the way it does ‘church’ by embracing technology to reach out and minister to its community through various online means. 

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    Suicide and young people

    2019-09-09T00:00:00Z

    With rising numbers of young people tragically taking their own life, Rachael Newham explores how we can help those struggling with suicidal thoughts

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    Why churches need a social media pastor

    2019-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Mark Miller is the vicar of Stockton Parish Church. He explains why his church is recruiting a social media pastor to reach Generation Z

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    Is the government trying to regulate out of school settings?

    2019-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The government has opened a new consultation to discuss regulating education groups outside of a school setting. Safeguarding charity thirtyone:eight share what the implications may be and how we can respond.

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    How to support fostered and adopted children and young people

    2019-05-22T00:00:00Z

    With so many children and young people in foster care or adoptive families, Home for Good share their expertise on making sure our groups are places those children and young people feel welcome. 

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    Safeguarding has a new name

    2018-07-04T00:00:00Z

    The Churches Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) has announced a complete overhaul of their branding. Read on to find out why