Tyneside Training Services is committed to carrying out its training activities with a view to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Through our membership of the UXL network of training providers we have trained our staff making them fully aware of the importance of safeguarding and we will aim to work with local child safeguarding boards, ensuring our policies, procedures and work practices are in keeping with locally agreed inter-agency procedures.
If you have any questions relating to the safeguarding of young people and vulnerable adults please contact our designated safeguarding officers Allan McNaught on 0191 2718193 or email allan@tynesidetrainingservices.co.uk or Tracey Forshaw on 0191 2718190 or email tracey@tynesidetrainingservices.co.uk

Safeguarding Policy
Training Centre – Information for Visitors – Safeguarding & Site Safety

Useful websites
Bullying and child abuse

Kidscape is a charity, established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse. Kidscape believes that protecting children from harm is key. Includes a keepsafe code written in language that is easily accessible by young people.

Website: www.kidscape.org.uk/childrenteens/index.asp

Bullying

Bullying UK

The UK’s top anti-bullying charity website, offering information and advice to victims and their families.

Website: www.bullying.co.uk

Email: help@bullying.co.uk

Worried about a young person

NSPCC

The national Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children (NSPCC) aim is to protect children from cruelty, support vulnerable families, campaign for changes to the law raise awareness about abuse.

Website: www.nspcc.org.uk

Telephone: 0808 800 5000

TEXTPHONE: 0800 056 0566

Email: help@nspcc.org.uk

Child Line – 0800 1111

Whatever your worry, its better out than in. Call ChildLine for help.

Website: www.childline.org.uk

ChildLine: 0800 1111

Internet safety

LiveWires

The Missing kit, developed by LiveWires Design Ltd, teaches children how to surf the internet safely. It includes a CD-ROM game for children, a parent/teacher guide, a video and a poster. This website has information on internet safety issues for parent, teachers and librarians.

Website: www.livewwwires.com

Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre – internet safety – CEOP

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre is part of the UK police and is dedicated to protecting children from sexual abuse wherever they may be. That means building intelligence around the risks, tracking and bringing offenders to account either directly or with local and international forces and working with children and parents to deliver our unique Thinkuknow educational programme.

Website: www.ceop.gov.uk

Cyber-bullying

BECTA

Government agency promoting the use of information and communications technology; news, projects and resources on lifelong and special education. Possessing the expertise and knowledge to help the sector with quality and improvement, Leadership and vision and Partnership and collaboration.

Website: www.becta.org.uk