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Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2020/2021

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This report looks at media use, attitudes and understanding among children and young people aged 5-15, as well as media access and use by young children aged 3-4. It also includes findings on parents’ views about their children’s media use, and how they monitor and manage it. It is intended to provide a comprehensive picture of children’s media experiences in 2020/21 as a reference for industry, policymakers, academics and the general public.The Communications Act 2003 places a responsibility on Ofcom to promote, and to carry out research into, media literacy.

Author: Ofcom
Organisation: Ofcom
Last Updated: 4th May 2021

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Falling Through the Gaps

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In January 2021, Agenda and AYJ published the Young Women’s Justice Project literature review, mapping the evidence-base around young adult women in contact with the criminal justice system and identifying key gaps in knowledge to inform the direction of future work. Through this literature review and conversations with young women and the services supporting them, girls’ experience of the transition to adulthood whilst in contact with the criminal justice system emerged as a key concern.

Author: Agenda
Organisation: Agenda
Last Updated: 4th May 2021

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Children’s views on being reported missing from care

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The young people spoke about a range of push and pull factors that might cause people to go missing.
Their responses reflect the complexity of reasons for going missing and acknowledge many of the risk
factors that we know to be true for all missing children. However, the responses also emphasised the
unique experiences of looked after children. Many spoke about the challenges facing young people in
placements where they don’t feel happy, in missing a family they no longer live with, or in the rules
that they felt other children don’t live under

Author: Missing People
Organisation: Missing People
Last Updated: 4th May 2021

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Vulnerable Children and Young People Survey

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The Department for Education (DfE) established a survey of local authorities in England to help understand the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on Children’s Social Care. Local authorities are asked to report to DfE every two weeks with the exception of four weeks between Waves 7 and 8 (over the summer holidays) and Waves 16 and 17 (over the Christmas holidays). Each fortnightly survey return is referred to as a ‘wave’ in this publication, the dates that each wave refer to and the questions asked can be found in Annex A. Details on the number of local authorities that responded can ben found in Annex B. Local authorities were asked to report on the following areas: • Contact with children supported by the local authority Children’s Social Care • Children’s Social Care workforce • System pressures Previous publications from the survey1 contain analysis of questions that have been removed from the survey and open text questions that are not repeated here.

Author: Department of education
Organisation: Department of education
Last Updated: 4th May 2021

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Understanding the scale of violence committed against women in the UK since birth April 2021

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VictimFocus invested in this study to collect accurate data about violent acts committed against women and girls in 2020. Our aims were as much about gathering accurate data from women, as they were about what we could do with such a comprehensive dataset. The first aim was to present a clear picture of how much violence women and girls in the UK are subjected to, broken down into types of violence, how many times they had been subjected to it and who committed those acts of violence against them. The second aim has considerable theoretical and practical implications; to explore whether the dataset supported existing theories of violence against women and girls.

Author: victim focus
Organisation: victim focus
Last Updated: 4th May 2021

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Nightwatch Toolkit for London Businesses

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Why should my business care about it? Anyone under the age of 18 in England is a child and businesses working in the evenings and through the night may have either a social or legal responsibility to ensure children are kept safe from harm. Businesses across London can spot signs of a child or young person being exploited and with the right knowledge they can prevent disrupt or protect them from harm. Businesses working in the evenings and through the night should have a basic understanding of what to look out for to ensure exploitation isn’t occurring in or nearby their businesses and know what to do if they spot it.

Author: Barnardos
Organisation: Barnardos
Last Updated: 4th May 2021

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Improving responses to the sexual abuse of Black, Asian and minority ethnic children

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This research study was commissioned by the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) to address knowledge gaps around professional practice in supporting children from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds who are at risk of, or experiencing, child sexual abuse (CSA). Research has found that levels of CSA do not vary significantly with social class or ethnic group, but children from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds – defined in this report as encompassing all ethnic groups other than White British – are under-represented in official reporting of service use relating to CSA. Possible reasons for this under-representation include particular difficulties faced by these children in disclosing the sexual abuse they have experienced, and agencies’ resistance to acknowledging that they can be victims of abuse.

Author: Centre of expertise
Organisation: Centre of expertise
Last Updated: 4th May 2021

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Engagement with support services for ethnic minority communities report 2021

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Author: Sabah Kaiser, Imran Choudhury, Russell Knight and Emily Gibson
Organisation: IICSA
Last Updated: 29th April 2021

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The London Child Exploitation Operating Protocol 2021

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Children that come to notice must be treated as children, whatever the circumstances they find themselves in. Safeguarding children from exploitation and violence is ‘everyone’s business’. We need to draw upon and share intelligence and information from these children, their peers, their communities and from the wide range of professionals that support them or come into contact with them in order to manage risk. Tackling child exploitation is a complex task that requires a proactive, multi-agency, holistic approach. Understanding exploitation drivers, themes, risks and venues of concern will provide key prevention opportunities to stop children becoming victims of exploitation. The management, disruption and prosecution of perpetrators is a key success driver in tackling exploitation. Perpetrators of child exploitation will groom children so that they are unaware they are being exploited. They will also use violence and coerce criminality through fear and provocation. It is vital that professionals work collaboratively to safeguard children and collectively deploy tactics to disrupt perpetrators and the drivers of exploitation.
Operationally, each form of exploitation will be categorised by its own definition however there are clear overlaps between different forms of exploitation and the associated risks. Risk is not siloed and our response must consider the multiple domains of risk children experience when exposed to exploitation. Children can be or perceived to be both victim and offender,
harmed or harmer and our collaborative response must be able to manage both aspects together at the same time whilst safeguarding the child. The below image produced by Bedfordshire University demonstrates the interconnected
nature of all forms of exploitation.

Author: metropolitan police
Organisation: metropolitan police
Last Updated: 26th April 2021

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A year like no other: Youth homelessness during the COVID pandemic

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On 23 March 2020, the first ‘Stay at Home’ order was announced sending the UK into its first national lockdown. Twelve months on, Centrepoint has conducted a review of the impact of the many challenges that this year has created for homeless young people. The report draws on a variety of different sources of data and insight. This includes government statistics on homelessness and unemployment, internal Centrepoint monitoring data, as well as qualitative groups with Centrepoint staff and interviews with young people conducted throughout the year. This process has revealed how the past 12 months, which have been incredibly challenging for everyone, have had an even more acute impact on homeless young
people, who now face even greater challenges on their journey out of homelessness.

Author: centrepoint
Organisation: centrepoint
Last Updated: 26th April 2021

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Equality And Human Rights Policy Screening For Children & Young People’s Emotional Health

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The Department of Health has published a Mental Health Action Plan5 which includes a response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, recognising that closure of schools, academic uncertainty, restricted contact with support networks and increased exposure to social media and 24/7 news outlets are all likely to have an adverse effect on the mental health of children and young people both now and in the future. The Action Plan references the expectation of a surge in
referrals to Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), due to the negative impacts of the pandemic, noting that it is important that children and young people know how, where and when to get help.

Author: department of education
Organisation: department of education
Last Updated: 26th April 2021

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Suicide Prevention: Policy and Strategy

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The national suicide prevention strategy, Preventing Suicide in England: A cross-government outcomes strategy to save lives, was first published in 2012. Its key aims are to reduce the suicide rate in the general population in England and better support those bereaved or affected by suicide. It was updated in 2017 to including tackling self-harm as an issue in its own right. To support the strategy, the NHS asked that all CCGs should deliver local multi-agency suicide prevention plans. The strategy included a commitment to reduce the rate of suicides in England by 10% by 2020/21 (compared to 2015 levels). The most
recent progress report, published January 2019, showed that there was a 9.2% reduction in suicides. The Government will measure success against this target based on the suicide registrations for 2020, expected to be published by the ONS in 2021.1

Author: House of commons
Organisation: House of commons
Last Updated: 26th April 2021

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The Annual Report 2020 (IWF)

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This year’s data

Here’s the latest data on what we’re doing globally to tackle child sexual abuse images and videos online. Please use our statistics to help inform your work.

In 2020, we assessed a webpage every two minutes. Every three minutes, that webpage showed a child being sexually abused.

People report to us at iwf.org.uk, or through one of the 43 Reporting Portals around the world, in multiple languages. All reports are assessed at our headquarters in the UK. We also actively search the internet for child sexual abuse imagery.

Total number of reports

299,619 reports were assessed by IWF: 299,531 were reports of webpages and 88 were reports of newsgroups.

153,383 reports were confirmed as containing child sexual abuse imagery or UK-hosted non-photographic child sexual abuse imagery. This is a 16% increase from 2019.

2020 Data for Online Child Sexual Abuse – IWF

Author: IWF
Organisation: IWF
Last Updated: 26th April 2021

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Safely Reducing The Number of children going into care

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Established in 2004, the Centre for Social Justice is an independent think-tank that studies the root causes of Britain’s social problems and addresses them by recommending practical, workable policy interventions. The CSJ’s vision is to give people in the UK who are experiencing the worst multiple disadvantages and injustice every possible opportunity to reach their full potential. The majority of the CSJ’s work is organised around five ‘pathways to poverty’, first identified in our ground-breaking 2007 report Breakthrough Britain. These are: educational failure; family breakdown; economic dependency and worklessness; addiction to drugs and alcohol; and severe personal debt. Since its inception, the CSJ has changed the landscape of our political discourse by putting social justice at the heart of British politics. This has led to a transformation in government thinking and policy. For instance, in March 2013, the CSJ report It Happens Here shone
a light on the horrific reality of human trafficking and modern slavery in the UK.

Author: CSJ
Organisation: CSJ
Last Updated: 26th April 2021

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Youth Voice on School Exclusions

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To change systems around child exploitation it is vital to listen to young people who have experienced it as their valuable insights highlight why, where and how systems can be changed. This is why, since its launch in 2018, a key focus of the Disrupting Exploitation National Programme (DEx) has been to listen to the voices of the young people it supports to influence change. Disrupting Exploitation is a unique model, combining systems change work with direct support to young people. It is a pioneering approach to embed systems change in the frontline of practice and being led by youth voice. It is a pioneering strategic partnership between the funder – the National Lottery Community Fund – and The Children’s Society.
Exclusions External research1 suggests there is a link between young people being excluded from school and exploitation. A re-occurring theme amongst the young people supported by the DEx programme is being excluded from school with a large proportion of those referred having experienced school exclusion. Consequently, a systems change priority of the DEx
programme is tackling school exclusions.

Author: The Children's society
Organisation: The children's society
Last Updated: 22nd April 2021

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Preventing serious youth violence – what works?

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This paper has been prepared by the Big Lottery Fund to summarise learning from the
voluntary and community sector on what works in preventing serious youth violence.
We highlight examples of both proven and promising practices from charities across the country and share our experiences as a funder about the principles that have worked for us in planning, designing and implementing funding programmes in this field.

Organisation: Big Lottery Fund
Last Updated: 21st April 2021

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Helping parents keep their children safe online 2021

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Author: Avon and Somerset Police
Organisation: Avon and Somerset Police
Last Updated: 21st April 2021

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Policing in the pandemic The police response to the coronavirus pandemic during 2020

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In a time of unparalleled change, the public looked to the police to keep services running and to keep order. Stepping in when many others could not or would not, the police took immediate and decisive action to keep people safe, tackle crime and find
answers to problems brought by the pandemic. This report reflects on the positive work carried out under extreme circumstances while officers and staff faced significant difficulties. We know that many within policing have felt the effects of COVID-19 personally. Sadly, some have lost their lives. On behalf of the HMICFRS board, I extend our condolences to all those
who have lost relatives, friends or colleagues. New legislation and guidance have been produced at a fast pace, and public and
press interest in police actions has been significant. On rare occasions, police decision-making has been viewed by some as heavy-handed or inconsistent. While our inspection didn’t assess individual cases, we are assured that the police
service has reflected upon and learned from these instances.

Author: HMICFRS
Organisation: HMICFRS
Last Updated: 20th April 2021

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