Safeguarding links

Click on any of the organisations below for safeguarding links:

• Barnado's: Services for young carers and their families
• Bullying UK: Advice for parents for example about bullying in younger children and bullying of disabled children
• Digizen: Provides online safety information for parents, carers and young people
• Educate Against Hate: National website for guidance on Extremism and Radicalisation
• Family Lives: A charity that runs a free and confidential 24-hour helpline for parents. Call 0808 800 2222 to speak about any parenting issue.
• LCSB (Lambeth Safeguarding Children Board): For local advice on various safeguarding issues.
• Mental Health Foundation : Advice and support to parents with mental health issues.
• NSPCC: National helpline 0808 800 5000
• Parent Info: Here you'll find a collection of articles, tips, expert advice and resources designed to help parents keep up with what their children are doing on-line. Schools are welcome to subscribe to a feed for their own websites and use the content as they wish. 
• Refuge: Refuge are an organisation that can help you if you are experiencing violence at home. They have information on their website about who you can talk to, how you can talk to them, and what to do if you are worried.
• Young Minds: Young Minds are a charitable organisation who work with the Children and Adolescents Mental Health Service (CAMHS) to provide support, advice and counselling to young people experiencing depression, anxiety, bullying and eating difficulties. They offer a parent helpline for parents and carers worried about their children's mental wellbeing. 

  Their parental helpline can be reached through 0808 802 5544.

Online Safety:

• Childline: Staying Safe Online
• Childnet: Parent & Carers Toolkit https://www.childnet.com/resources/parent-and-carer-toolkit/ 
• NSPCC: Online Safety 
• UK Safer Internet Centre: UK Safer Internet Centre has a wealth of short guides/links online to help parents understand, set up and report on social media.