Tag: training

NSPCC Launches New Training Initiative

A new NSPCC training initiative has been launched to help local businesses spot children who are at risk of abuse and neglect. The ‘It’s Your Call’ training is designed to give local businesses and sole traders whose job involves visiting customer’s homes, the knowledge and confidence to recognise possible signs […]

Danny’s #GreatNorthStory: “I’m running for a charity that helps children with cerebral palsy and other physical ailments”

In six days thousands of people will arrive in Newcastle to run the Great North Run’s 13.1 mile course. Danny Venton is one of those individuals who will be pounding the pavements of Newcastle and South Shields. The 22-year-old will be tackling his first half marathon on Sunday, September 10. […]

Sunderland children board chair thinks city needs to do more to tackle child sexual exploitation

Sunderland City Council’s Safeguarding Children Board (SSCB) Independent chair,Jane Held, has said she does not think “anyone in the city is doing enough” to tackle child sexual exploitation (CSE) and child sexual abuse (CSA). It came as Ms Held opened the NSPCC’s Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Conference on November 22 at Sunderland College’s Bede Campus. Ms […]