Safeguarding news in our community
I have recently uploaded a blog on e-safety on our Shenley church end preschool on how to keep our children safe online, on how to setup safety features so please have a read!
https://www.shenleychurchendpreschool.org/post/e-safety
Huggy Wuggy!!
It has been brought to my attention that the huggy wuggy teddies that are circling our local swap and sell sites, shops such as smyths are selling them as well! These children friendly like toys and songs can cause much upset to our children! Please follow the link to read more about it. https://saferschoolsni.co.uk/huggy-wuggy-online-safety-review/
Due to the name of the character, these videos are often ‘slipping through the net’ of platforms’ safeguarding measures like content filtering and age-restrictions.
County lines
In March over 100 arrests were made and 54 people charged locally Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire! Please to read more the artcle is https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/crime/54-people-charged-in-one-week-by-thames-valley-police-during-county-line-drugs-crackdown-4057086
To read more about county lines please follow this link https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/what-we-do/our-work/child-criminal-exploitation-and-county-lines/what-is-county-lines#:~:text=County%20lines%20is%20a%20form,towns%20outside%20their%20home%20county.
Please any safeguarding concerns Jodie and Gemma are both the designating safeguarding leads so please get in touch