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“We can’t continue with the status quo where tech platforms 'move fast and break things' instead of prioritising children’s safety” @NSPCC independent.co.uk/tech/nspcc…
Midwives, health visitors & other professionals provide support that can make a real difference for parents. Worryingly, our research shows that service doors are often closed, hard to reach, or out of touch with the needs of families impacted by poverty: nurseryworld.co.uk/content/n…
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The Online Safety Act will help to create a safer digital experience for all, especially for young people.
@peterkyle met with @NSPCC’s Voice of Online Youth to hear their views on online safety & what social media companies should do to protect young people online.
ALT Left to right: Kieran Lyons, Service Head for Children at NSPCC, Richard Collard, Head of Child Safety Online Policy, NSPCC and Secretary of State Peter Kyle.
ALT Secretary of State Peter Kyle (right) speaking to three members of NSPCC staff
ALT Secretary of State with the Voice of Online Youth group in discussion.
ALT Left to right: Malia, Joe and Mika, three of NSPCC's Voice of Online Youth group
New @NSPCC data shows that online grooming crimes have reached record levels across the UK.
One year after the Online Safety Act became law, we are still waiting for tech companies to make their platforms safe for children: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze3…
"It is appalling that these horrific chatbots were able to be created and shows a clear failure by Character.ai to have basic moderation in place on its service." @NSPCC telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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.@NSPCC's @RichCCollard said that "questions remain as to why Meta are not rolling out similar protections on all their products, including on WhatsApp where grooming and sextortion also take place at scale". bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd4…
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Has child neglect been ‘normalised’ in the UK?
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🚨 The UK’s leading children’s charity warns today that an urgent strategy is needed to tackle what it calls the “national crisis” of neglect.
The @NSPCC tells @Channel4News that neglect in children has become “normalised”, with poverty and the cost of living driving more cases
Available resources and early help services to support families are “at an all-time low” and “economic pressures on families are at an all-time high”.
“This combination is proving disastrous for children and families”
@AnnaEdmundson @NSPCC
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Contacts to @NSPCC helpline about physical punishment of children have tripled. That’s why we’re asking
@10DowningStreet to show their commitment to #childprotection & end the legal anomaly excusing physical punishment in England #equalprotection theguardian.com/news/article…
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'For many children physical punishment is still a part of their lives and I think we really need to address that'
Joanna Barrett speaks to Sky News after the NSPCC said concerns about children being physically punished have more than tripled in a year
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Disturbingly, counsellors at @NSPCC #Childline are receiving an increasing number of calls from young people being blackmailed over faked indecent images. #Sextortion is a horrific crime but we’re helping teenagers fight back 👇🏼 theguardian.com/uk-news/arti…
The @NSPCC is calling on the Government to invest its spending in providing greater longer-term support services so that more children can reunite and stay with their families when it is considered safe: inews.co.uk/news/support-fam…
"The Government must invest in joined-up early years services in local communities so that every family knows where they can go to for help & so that trained professionals can refer those experiencing domestic abuse to the right support services before problems escalate." @NSPCC
'Research based on the data, which was carried out by the charity For Baby’s Sake, estimated that as many as 187,750 infants are present at domestic abuse police callouts each year in England. Experts said the trauma that these children are experiencing “can be life altering” and said the data was the “tip of the iceberg”.'
Thank you to @Holly_JoyB at @Independent for sharing our insights suggesting that over 185,000 babies are present at domestic abuse police callouts in England annually.
🗞️ Read the full piece here: independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho…
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‘DART does work, it is successful, it does have a significant impact.’
Listen to the latest ‘Safeguarding and Domestic Abuse Sector’ podcast episode where Sophie Bell and I discuss the NSPCC’s Domestic Abuse Recovering Together (DART) programme. #safeguarding #domesticabuse
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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Let’s think about the children in these images. Callously exploited and psychologically destroyed. They are not images. They are humans who will live with this forever and all for the twisted pleasure of the disgusting men who trade and swap this misery. And don’t call it child ‘pornography’. journalists. It is ‘abusive images’.
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“There is a concerning discrepancy between the number of UK child abuse image crimes taking place on Apple’s services and the almost negligible number of global reports of abuse content they make to authorities" - @RichCCollard of the @NSPCC theguardian.com/technology/a…
"Parents should routinely check in with their children about the quality of their relationships, and how they’re feeling. Being inquisitive and supportive is really important.” independent.co.uk/life-style… @NSPCC
"The two-child benefit cap that is impacting 1.6 million children should be removed as a matter of urgency. Evidence shows that the policy only serves to increase poverty further. It must go." @PeterWanless in @politicshome politicshome.com/thehouse/ar…
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NSPCC launches Voice of Online Youth to give young people a say in online safety decisions...
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