National Child Exploitation Awareness Day
18 March 2025
The National Child Exploitation Awareness Day aims to highlight the issues surrounding child exploitation; encouraging everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse and adopt a zero-tolerance to adults developing inappropriate relationships with children or children exploiting and abusing their peers. There are various ways you can show your support - write a personal pledge on your hands to show support for the Helping Hands campaign - post your photo on social media with the hashtags #HelpingHands #CEADay25 to help raise awareness of CSE and wider exploitation. Read more at : https://stop-ce.org/national-child-exploitation-awareness-day/
Tomorrow is Child Exploitation Awareness Day……….
17 March 2025
National Child Exploitation Awareness Day : 18th March, 2025
17 March 2025
You can help to give victims a voice. Show your support on social media using #HelpingHands and #CEADay25. Read more at : https://stop-ce.org/national-child-exploitation-awareness-day/
Illuminate Norfolk
13 March 2025
Sara & Georgie attended Illuminate Norfolk held last evening at the Norfolk Showground to celebrate 20 years of Norfolk Community Foundation making a difference. Can you believe it is 20 years since Norfolk Community Foundation was established, helping to connect and support all of those who help make Norfolk thrive? Even harder to believe is that they have invested over £50 million into community initiatives across the county! Read more at : https://www.norfolkfoundation.com/illuminate/
Improved safety measures
10 March 2025
A students union said it welcomed the idea of improved safety measures in taxis, as a consultation on new licensing rules continued. Norwich City Council is looking at additional measures including the possibility of compulsory CCTV cameras in cars and more criminal record checks for drivers. Read more at : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mwwm919gpo
Serious Youth Violence Conference
10 March 2025
Maria, senior practitioner for our young people's team, attended a Serious Youth Violence Conference last week, held by Norfolk Safeguarding Children Partnership, with local and national speakers presenting on the day. The aim of the event : to support the workforce to develop their thinking and practice when dealing with serious youth violence. Themes covered included : trauma-informed leadership, the adolescent brain, understanding gang culture, transitions and compassionate endings, working with parents, carers and families to protect young people, local responses and good practice. "The Serious Violence Duty requires a range of organizations to collaborate and plan to reduce and prevent serious violence in their local areas. Professionals need to produce strategic needs assessments, a strategy and evaluating impact and adopting a public health approach. It was informative, challenging and well delivered training."
#AccelerateAction
06 March 2025
Step forward in solidarity for International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 on March 8 to help #AccelerateAction. Read more at : https://www.internationalwomensday.com/2025theme
Join us to support International Women’s Day………..
05 March 2025
Countdown to International Women’s Day…..
05 March 2025