SAFEGUARDING AND CHILD PROTECTION POLICY (INCLUDING NORTH YORKSHIRE LOCAL SAFEGUARDING PROCEDURES) FOR 2025/2026 The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP) are pleased to share with you the updated Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy (Including North Yorkshire Local Safeguarding Procedures) for 2025/2026. The format of the document is split into three sections namely; We advise that […]

Safeguarding week 2025 is now complete with over 65 sessions run through the week, with over 2200 people attending! Thank you to all who supported the week by presenting or attending. We are already thinking about Safeguarding Week 2026, and we want the week to be better than ever. Therefore, we want to hear from […]

Online Harms Training – The Social Switch Project Who is the Online Harms Training for? The Social Switch Project recognises the need to support professionals and parents/trusted adults in dealing with both harmful online behaviour and the real-life violence which can escalate as a result. Our free Online Harms Training is offered both online and […]

NYSCP Developments in Safeguarding, Online Learning Session – Self Harm and Suicide Ideation Toolkit and Papyrus We are excited to announce our next NYSCP Developments in Safeguarding Lunchtime Learning session, one of our free monthly webinars that features the latest information on best practices, changes to legislation and guidance, as well as local, regional, and […]

#LookCloser Campaign – The Children’s Society Welcome to the start of our 11th #LookCloser campaign! What is #LookCloser? #LookCloser is The Children’s Society’s award-winning campaign supported by the British Transport Police and the National County Lines Coordination Centre, aiming to raise awareness about the exploitation of children and young people and the vital role that everyone can […]

PAPYRUS – Suicide prevention training PAPYRUS has been awarded funding from the Peter Sowerby Foundation and North Yorkshire Council, which has enabled the charity to provide this fully funded Suicide Prevention in North Yorkshire. There are three courses available, please see below for an understanding of the course objectives to assist you in identifying the right course for you: SPOT – […]

Upcoming FREE webinars by Ivison Trust Child Criminal Exploitation and Online Harms Understand what methods exploiters are using to groom children into criminality, and how to safeguard young people at risk of exploitation. 11.00 -12.30pm 27 June 2025 Hosted by Ivison Trust in partnership with NCLCC Child Criminal Exploitation and Online Harms Platforms Training | […]

Reading Well for Families NYC Library service are excited to share a fantastic new resource available across all North Yorkshire Libraries from 10th June 2025 – the Reading Well for Families collection, developed by The Reading Agency. This carefully curated collection of books is for expectant and new parents, carers, and anyone supporting people from pregnancy onwards. […]

NYSCP Designated Safeguarding Leads Conference 2025 North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership are pleased to announce that the Designated Safeguarding Lead Conference will return on Tuesday 23rd September 2025 at Pavilions of Harrogate. This year’s conference will have a theme of “working with ‘health’ in education”. A task and finish group has been planning a series of exciting […]

Safeguarding Week – Next Week – New Community Events Added in North Yorkshire Safeguarding week is now less than a week away – the full programme of activities can be accessed here: NYSCP. New community events have been added across North Yorkshire: