This study used a survey, literature reviews and consultation with young people and experts to examine ways of preventing domestic abuse for children and young people. Preventative interventions include programmes
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A little-know law affecting looked after children and their carers is being put under the spotlight in a short film being produced by students at Teesside University. The students are
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Scotland’s oldest Children’s charity, Carolina House Trust, celebrates its Bicentenary anniversary in 2015. In order to recognise their fantastic work the charity is holding a black tie dinner dance fundraiser
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The Human Rights Commission has called on the UK Government to take immediate action to stop paramilitary assaults on children in Northern Ireland. Twelve youngsters were shot between 2009 and
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The Government will today hold a crisis meeting to draw up emergency plans to provide support for children following the sudden closure of Kids Company. It comes as the charity’s
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Manchester United and England football captain Wayne Rooney has signed up as the NSPCC’s first ambassador for childhood. The striker, a father of two boys, will help the charity fight
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Children’s charity Kids Company is being investigated by police officers specialising in sexual offences, exploitation and child abuse. Scotland Yard said it was looking into “a number of allegations of
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Children may be at risk of abuse because of a “postcode lottery” in disclosures made under the paedophile warning system known as Sarah’s Law, campaigners claim. In some parts of
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Experts in child protection have developed a test designed to help doctors recognise children suffering from life-threatening physical abuse and enable child protection services to protect them from future harm.
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Runaway and missing children are being housed by gangs and used to sell drugs in the UK in a form of “child trafficking”, a report has claimed. Vulnerable children without
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