Will Your Child be Walking to School from this September? It’s that time of year when many parents/carers are thinking about the return to school for their children. Perhaps this year will be the first your child is walking alone with their friends. Or maybe your child is changing school and they have a new […]
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WSCP E-Bulletin – July Edition Now Available! The July edition of the Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) e-bulletin is now available for you to download. This edition is packed full of useful information and key updates including: Please click here to access the latest edition to find out more about the above, and to keep up to […]
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Summer Safety for Children The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) are reminding parents and carers that whilst the warm summer weather brings lots of opportunities for fun in the sun there are also additional hazards for infants and children. To help identify the hazards CAPT have created a brand-new display pack with colourful posters on […]
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No Child Should Drown 71% of all UK child drownings happen between May & August – #drowningpreventionweek is here to raise awareness of the dangers of open water sites such as canals, reservoirs and rivers!  Click here to watch a water safety video filmed in the Wakefield district. In this video Caleb jumps into the water […]
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Nappy Sacks Warning The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) are warning parents/carers that nappy sacks can kill small babies. They naturally grasp things and pull them to their mouths, but then find it difficult to let go. Flimsy nappy sacks can easily cling to a baby’s face as they breathe in and can cause suffocation […]
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Know the Top 5 Preventable Accidents to Under 5’s The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) are highlighting to parents/carers the 5 most serious accidents to happen to under 5’s at home, are fortunately some of the easiest to prevent. They have provided the following tops tips and guidance and resources to help families learn how: […]
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Water Safety – Be Water Wise This Summer Water safety is important throughout the year, but more so as the weather starts to get warmer and more children are tempted to swim/play in open water sites. Drowning accidents are especially high in the summer months and over the last few years, there has been too […]
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Shocking Rise in the Sextortion of Children In the first 6 months of 2023, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) received more reports involving ‘sextortion’ than in the whole of 2022 – a 257% increase. Older teens (14-17 years old) are the most at risk, with boys being targeted most often. Sexually coerced extortion, or “sextortion” […]
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Dogs and Children: Top tips to keep them safe and happy together A Police Chief Inspector is warning families to remember that any dog can bite, after a 3-year-old was bitten in the face by his family’s pet after trying to climb on the animal. The Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) is reminding families that […]
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Have You Visited the Speak Up, Stand Up, Stop Exploitation Knowledge Hub? Thank you to all those who joined us to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of Child Exploitation Awareness Day, marked by the launch of our new Speak Up. Stand Up. Stop Exploitation! section on the WSCP Knowledge Hub. Featuring insightful presentations from St Giles […]
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