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16/09/2024: Guidance on handling safeguarding allegations in a charity
Every organisation that delivers charitable activities has a responsibility to safeguard people from harm or abuse, whether they are staff members, volunteers, or other people who come into contact with your charity through its work. This tool will help charities in England to handle the reporting of safeguarding allegations about the behaviour or actions of a person in their charity.
15/09/2024: ‘Mental health unit restraints made me more unwell’
Francesca Murphy was still in her school uniform when she was admitted to an adult mental health ward.
15/09/2024: Cancer app aims to boost young patient wellbeing
The family of a 24-year-old woman who died from cancer is helping to develop an app aiming to improve the wellbeing of young people with the disease.
14/09/2024: One of England’s biggest school academy trusts to ban phone use
One of England’s largest school academy trusts is set to ban phones during the school day.
14/09/2024: Parents urged to get young children flu vaccine
The NHS is urging parents and carers of two and three-year-olds to schedule a flu vaccine for their children ahead of an expected surge in respiratory illnesses this winter.
14/09/2024: Poorest families in UK lack beds and are sleeping on floors, charity warns
Study by Buttle UK found most families had skipped a meal and many parents said they had given their bed to a child.
13/09/2024: School welcomes mental health scheme for students
Teachers at a North Yorkshire school have become the latest to receive mental health training in an NHS scheme to help support students.
13/09/2024: Inspectors to probe agencies response to child victims of domestic abuse
Joint targeted area inspections to examine how councils, NHS, the police and probation work together in response to domestic abuse, particularly where victims are unborn or young children.
13/09/2024: How going phone-free taught pupils at English secondary ‚’to socialise, old school’
At Tenbury High students play tag rather than stare at screens after it brought in one of toughest phone policies.
12/09/2024: Ban on junk food TV adverts before 9pm to come in next year
A ban on junk food adverts being shown on TV before 21:00 will come into force on 1 October 2025, the government has confirmed.
12/09/2024: Parents ‘don’t use’ parental controls on Facebook and Instagram, says Nick Clegg
Meta’s global affairs chief points to ‘behavioural issue’ around child safety tools on the social media platforms.
11/09/2024: Grieving dads call for compulsory knife crime lessons
Two dads who have met for the first time since their teenage sons were fatally stabbed are calling for compulsory knife crime lessons in schools.