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Welcome to the NYSCP June 2025 edition of our e-bulletin
June is shaping up to be a bumper-filled month for the partnership, packed with events, updates, and opportunities to get involved. So, grab a cuppa, settle in, and let’s dive into what’s coming up (spoiler: it’s a lot!).
We begin with Safeguarding Week, taking place from 16th to 20th June. This year’s programme offers a wide range of free, high-quality online sessions covering all aspects of safeguarding. These sessions are open to all partners and provide a valuable opportunity to enhance knowledge, share best practices, and strengthen our collective safeguarding efforts.
Heather Pearson, Chair of the NYSCP Executive and Independent Scrutineer, emphasises: “Staying informed and educated about safeguarding is crucial for everyone in our community. By attending these sessions, you not only enhance your own knowledge, but also contribute to a safer environment for all.”
From 2nd to 8th June, we also mark Volunteers’ Week, a time to recognise and celebrate the contributions of over 67,000 volunteers across North Yorkshire, supporting more than 7,000 community and voluntary groups. These individuals play a vital role in the wellbeing and resilience of our communities.
Fun fact: If every volunteer in North Yorkshire held hands, they could stretch from Scarborough to Skipton and back—twice! Our volunteers are often the vital eyes and ears in our communities and play such a vital role. Find out more with a special input from Panda from North Yorkshire Youth later in the bulletin.
Running concurrently is Child Safety Week, led by the Child Accident Prevention Trust. The 2025 theme, “Safety is for sharing”, encourages communities to spread awareness and practical advice to help prevent serious childhood injuries.
Key facts include:
- Accidents remain one of the leading causes of death and serious injury for children in the UK.
- Many of these incidents—such as burns, falls, poisoning, and road accidents—are preventable through simple, everyday actions.
- Child Safety Week acts as a catalyst for thousands of safety conversations and activities across the country.
We encourage all partners to engage with the resources available and share them widely within your networks.
As always, we welcome your feedback on how we can make this bulletin more useful and relevant to your work. Please feel free to contact us at nyscp@northyorks.gov.uk with any suggestions or comments.
Kathryn Morrison Policy and Development Officer – NYSCP
Jump to…
- Do your PART
- Website updates
- Practice Guidance of the Month
- Volunteers’ week
- Child Safety Week
- Working Together to Safeguarding Children – new resources
- North Yorkshire supporting emotional wellbeing during the perinatal period – visual document for professionals
- Navigating Child Digital Safety: Insights from Netflix’s Adolescence – Parent resource
- Doctors warn of magnetic toy dangers as study reveals hundreds of children hospitalised
- The Maggie Oliver Foundation
- Unlocking Children
- Upcoming training
Safeguarding week, 16-20 June
After the success of Safeguarding Week 2024, community, adult and children safeguarding partnerships from across North Yorkshire, City of York, City of Hull and East Riding have come together to offer a programme of safeguarding learning across all communities.
The key message of the campaign is ‘safeguarding is everyone’s business ‘ and we encourage everyone to take full advantage of the wonderful array of safeguarding training and awareness raising that is made available for FREE with a full programme available on the NYSCP webpage here: NYSCP
Sessions include:
- Child exploitation
- Domestic abuse
- Keeping children safe in sport
- Online safety
- Gambling
… and many more. Check out the webpage and take full advantage of all the amazing sessions available this week.
Website updates
Following feedback from our practitioner forum participants, there is now a dedicated summary on the NYSCP e-bulletin highlighting additions and changes to the NYSCP website over the last month.
Latest news: Did you know that we also keep partners up to date in new information and resources added to the website via our “latest news” section, You can find this right at the bottom of the home page or by visiting the following link: NYSCP
Practice Guidance of the Month
To celebrate Volunteers Week and to mark the one-year anniversary of its release this month’s practice guidance is the “key Safeguarding messages” campaign, developed in conjunction with our voluntary sector partners.
This page is a collation of key safeguarding messages where you can access information quickly and easily if you have a concern about someone.
You will also find free resources for promoting key safeguarding messages in your places of work or volunteering, and campaign resources that you can promote on your social media channels.
Since its launch last year, the page and its resources has been viewed over 500 times, with posters and leaflets shared far and wide across the county.
Please take a look and access the resources here: NYSCP
You can also access a recording of the launch of the campaign alongside a discussion about safeguarding in the voluntary sector in our June 2024 learning event: NYSCP Masterclass June 2024 Voluntary Sector
Volunteers’ week
Celebrating the Heart of Our Youth Work: Volunteers Make the Difference
As part of Volunteers’ Week (2nd–8th June), North Yorkshire Youth is celebrating the dedicated individuals across our communities who give their time and energy to support young people. Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do, helping to run youth clubs, plan exciting activities, and provide safe, welcoming spaces for young people to thrive.
We know that voluntary youth groups play a vital role in building stronger, more connected communities. They offer young people somewhere to go, something to do, and someone to talk to — and none of it would be possible without the passion and commitment of local volunteers.
“Volunteers are the backbone of youth work in North Yorkshire. Whether it’s running a regular club, helping with events, or simply showing up and listening, every bit of time they give makes a huge difference,” says Panda Gledhill Youth Work Manager for North Yorkshire Youth.
As part of the work, funded by North Yorkshire Council, they support voluntary youth work across the county. That includes helping to set up and sustain youth clubs, recruiting and training volunteers, running youth consultations, and supporting groups to access funding, resources and training.
NYY are always keen to hear from individuals, organisations, or communities who are interested in providing opportunities for young people — whether that’s starting a new group, supporting an existing one, or simply exploring what might be possible in your area.
If you’d like to celebrate Volunteers’ Week by getting involved, or if you’d like to find out more about youth services in your town or village, please get in touch.
Contact:
Panda Gledhill
Youth Work Manager
📧panda@nyy.org.uk
📞 07765212127
🌐 www.nyy.org.uk / https://www.facebook.com/northyorkshireyouth
Child Safety Week
Coordinated by the Child Accident Prevention Trust, Child Safety Week is a vital opportunity to discover, reflect on and, most importantly, share key information about keeping children safe from accidents.
The campaign houses lots of resources that you can share with your teams, with the families you know and in your communities.
Access everything you need here: Child Safety Week | Child Accident Prevention Trust
Working Together to Safeguarding Children – new resources
DfE is pleased to announce that a new children and young people’s illustrated guide to the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children has been published. This brilliant guide is accompanied by a short animation for children and young people which explains how people who help, support and protect them work together and what they can expect when they need help.
Government has worked in collaboration with children and young people when designing these materials, including the DfE’s Social Care Advisory Board, facilitated by the National Children’s Bureau. We know that children and young people find clear effective communication really important and that they want information to be shared openly with them, so they can understand what services they should receive and how they can access help and support.
The guide and animation can be used by children and young people independently, or with the support of an adult.
A toolkit is available for practitioners to promote the guide and help everyone understand how they can use this guide to support children and young people. This toolkit can be requested by emailing: workingtogether.statutoryguidance@education.gov.uk
North Yorkshire supporting emotional wellbeing during the perinatal period – visual document for professionals
The ‘North Yorkshire supporting emotional wellbeing during the perinatal period’ visual document has been developed by North Yorkshire’s Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Partnership.
It has been developed to support professionals working with mothers, partners, and babies in North Yorkshire to identify services that can provide social, emotional wellbeing and mental health support, from universal to more specialist services. Professionals are advised to contact individual partners and services for further information and referral criteria.
The source for pillar definitions used in this document was adapted from the i-THRIVE framework, getting advice, getting help, getting more help and getting risk support.
If there is any missing information you would like to add or you are interested in becoming a member of North Yorkshire’s Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Partnership please contact catherine.baker@northyorks.gov.uk.
The document is available here: https://safeguardingchildren.co.uk/Resources/supporting-emotional-wellbeing-during-the-perinatal-period/
Navigating Child Digital Safety: Insights from Netflix’s Adolescence – Parent resource
The Netflix series Adolescence is igniting important conversations on young people’s experience of the digital world and its impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
As a parent, you may be wondering how to navigate these complex topics and trends.
Smoothwall have developed a page where’re you’ll find information and advice on the key issues raised in the show. Navigating Child Digital Safety | Insights From Netflix’s Adolescence. This also includes the resource The Hidden Meanings Behind Emojis: A Lesson From Netflix’s Adolescence
Doctors warn of magnetic toy dangers as study reveals hundreds of children hospitalised
Parents are being warned against buying toys containing magnets after new data revealed that hundreds of children have been hospitalised from swallowing them.
A study found that around 300 UK youngsters were admitted to A&E in a single year after ingesting the tiny metal items – with one in 10 requiring life-saving operations.
More information can be found here: Doctors warn of magnetic toy dangers as study reveals hundreds of children hospitalised
The Maggie Oliver Foundation
The Maggie Oliver Foundation (TMOF) exists to create a society where survivors and those at risk of childhood sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) are empowered to live fulfilled and successful lives, and where every survivor is treated with dignity, respect and as an equal and valued member of society.
Support is available from the foundation for victims of CSAE and parents/carers of victims of CSAE – find out more here: The Maggie Oliver Foundation – Helping Survivors of Abuse
Unlocking Children
Unlocking Children – a UK-based website offering free, trauma-informed resources to support the emotional wellbeing and safeguarding of children and young people. The resources are designed to complement the work of local safeguarding partnerships and are suitable for professionals, educators, and families.
Website: https://unlockingchildren.co.uk
Upcoming training
All the partnership training is available on the Training section of the NYSCP website: NYSCP
Our upcoming learning events include:
- 4th June – Counter Terrorism Local Profile (please note this session won’t be recorded)
- 2nd July – Self harm and suicide ideation toolkit and Papyrus
- 3rd September – learning from case reviews (information sharing and record keeping)
- 1st October – Voice of the Child
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