If you have immediate concerns about the safety of a child, please visit the Worried About a Child page

In North Yorkshire, there are a number of organisations you can contact to access further support for you and your child:
North Yorkshire Council: Children and Families Service:

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) provide a range of services such as children and family hubs, early education and childcare, the Early Help Service, Youth Justice and Children’s Social Care, which can provide general advice and support through to more intensive support to help you safeguard your child, depending on your needs.

Visit NYC’s Children and Families page here for further information.

More information on Early Help can be accessed here: NYSCP (safeguardingchildren.co.uk)

In North Yorkshire, there are a number of organisations you can contact to access further support for you and your child. Below is a selection of the services you can go to for further support. For a wider range of services, please visit Services in North Yorkshire page or the Do You Need Some Help page for children and young people.

Further information about Early Help support Services available in North Yorkshire can be accessed here: North Yorkshire Children & Families Service – Early Help Resources | NYES Info

The Solihull Approach – parenting courses

North Yorkshire Council, in partnership with the Solihull Approach, offer free access to online courses expertly designed for parents, carers, grandparents and teens living in the region. Sign up to understand your child’s feelings, as well as your own, as you go through life as a family. Learn to understand the changes in your child’s development and how to support them, whilst also strengthening your relationship. inourplace | Solihull Approach – North Yorkshire | inourplace

Unlocking Autism
A series of unlocking Autism online modules, these sessions build on autism awareness and focus on how to recognise and support autistic children and young people.
Unlocking Autism Plus Modules for Parents & Carers – Girls | NYES Info 11 June 2025 11:00 – 12:30
Unlocking Autism Plus Modules for Parents & Carers – PDA | NYES Info 11 June 2025 9:15 – 10:45
Unlocking Autism Plus Modules for Parents & Carers – Identity | NYES Info 11 June 2025 13:00 – 14:30
Unlocking Autism Plus Modules for Parents & Carers – Selective Mutism | NYES Info 11 June 2025 14:45 – 16:15

NSPCC Listen Up Speak Up
It’s up to all of us to keep children safe. Take our free, 10-minute digital training and learn what to do if you’re ever worried about a child or their family.
Listen up, Speak up will show you: 
Some signs a child might be at risk, and steps you can take to help
How to approach difficult conversations to help keep children safe
Who you can contact if you’re ever concerned about a child or their family.
Listen up, Speak up | NSPCC

Child Exploitation – Ivison Trust
We regularly host live evening webinars for parents and carers where we will share what criminal exploitation is, with a focus on county lines. We will explore how to spot signs that it may be happening. We cover trends in your local area and where to get advice and support if you are concerned. If there isn’t an upcoming webinar in your local area, all parents and carers are really welcome to join a webinar in a different region. Find out more and book your place
Keep them Safe – child sexual exploitation e-learning
Our free e-learning course provides parents, carers and professionals with information about child sexual exploitation (CSE).
More about Keep them safe
Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines e-learning
Our free e-learning course for parents, carers and professionals gives introductory information about how children are groomed and criminally exploited.
Find out more and register

There are a wide variety of support schemes and organisations in North Yorkshire which may be able to help or advise you if you are struggling to pay for essentials. Cost of living support | North Yorkshire Council

Healthy You. North Yorkshire Council. Free online support from the Healthy Families Service, including information on
*Child Illness Advice
*Free School Meals
*Health Start Scheme
*Free eye tests

Healthy You is a new, free healthy living service for families across North Yorkshire.
The service helps families remotely (virtually) over a number of months to make small changes to their lifestyles, all from the comfort of their homes.
It also signposts families to physical activity and leisure opportunities in their local area and provides information on other useful topics and support, such as mental health and wellbeing, sleep, and help with the cost of living.
The service is for children and young people aged 4-19 years (up to aged 25 years for those with SEND) who would like some help with healthy weight and lifestyles. Families must be a resident or registered with a GP practice or school in North Yorkshire.
More information can be found here: Healthy Families Service > Healthy Schools North Yorkshire

All children and young people across North Yorkshire can get involved in a range of holiday activities, with free places and a free meal for children and young people receiving benefits-related free school meals.
FEAST partners with leading holiday playschemes, clubs and activity providers from across North Yorkshire to offer a wide range of activities for kids of all ages from Reception to Year 11.
There is so much to choose from – come and take a look at the fantastic selection of free holiday activities near you. If you need help with transport to these activities, you can request support on our transport form. 
More information can be found on the FEAST website here: What is FEAST – North Yorkshire Together

Find information and locations for GPs, hospitals, dentists, opticians, pharmacies and other health services.
Finding health services | North Yorkshire Council
NHS 111
NHS 111 is a service that makes it easier for you to access local NHS healthcare services. You can call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency.
NHS 111 is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones. Call 111 if you:
*need medical help fast but it is not a 999 emergency
*think you need to go to accident and emergency or need another NHS urgent care service
*don’t know who to call, or you don’t have a GP you can speak to
*need health information
Find out more on the NHS 111 website.
Healthwatch North Yorkshire
The Healthwatch North Yorkshire website provides a single point of contact for people in North Yorkshire to report their experiences, concerns or their compliments about health and social care.
Independent health complaints advocacy
For help with complaints about health in North Yorkshire, visit the NHS’s help with complaints in North Yorkshire website.

The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership are excited to share our new Being Young in North Yorkshire Strategy 2025-2028. This strategy forms the strong roots of all the work that takes place across the Partnership in order to ensure children are happy, healthy, safe and achieving.

You will see from the strategy that our four main priorities have stayed the same, we want children to be HAPPY in their homes and in their communities, we want them to live HEALTHY and long lives, we need them to be SAFE and to know safe people they can talk to and we have high expectations for all our children so they can ACHIEVE their goals.  

You can view a flipbook version here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/de0b27d128.html

You can view the PDF version here: https://safeguardingchildren.co.uk/Resources/being-young-in-north-yorkshire/

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