Safeguarding legislation and government guidance says that safeguarding means:

• protecting children from maltreatment
• preventing impairment of children’s health or development
• ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care.
• taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes

Also:

“the action we take to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm – is everyone’s responsibility. Everyone who comes into contact with children and families has a role to play.”

The Prevent duty requires specified authorities such as education, health, local authorities, police and criminal justice agencies (prisons and probation) to help prevent the risk of people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It sits alongside long-established safeguarding duties on professionals to protect people from a range of other harms.

Home Office Prevent Duty Guidance

Useful links for parents

• Childline | Childline
• Parents & carers | Childnet
• Keeping children safe online | NSPCC
• Keep them safe – Parents Against Child Exploitation (Pace) UK (paceuk.info)
• Parenting and Family Support – Family Lives (Parentline Plus) | Family Lives
• Stay Safe Partnership – Lincolnshire County Council