This page contains lots of useful Safeguarding Resources. If you have any questions, please speak to Sheila Gibbon at safeguarding@durhamscouts.org.uk
Useful Websites
- Safeguarding Policy and Procedures
- Staying safe and safeguarding
- Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
- NSPCC
- Internet Watch Foundation
- Practical steps on how to check what apps have access to your data and how to change your settings
- UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS)
- Snapchat Checklist [22/11/2023]
- TikTok Safety and Privacy Checklist [22/11/2023]
- Communicating well and improving wellbeing [24/01/2024]
- Report Harmful Content website [07/03/2024]
- Tips for remaining secure online [03/07/2024]
- Emails and text messaging guidance for leaders [03/07/2024]
- Sexting Guidance [03/07/2024]
- The influence of influencers [03/07/2024]
Resources
- Physical contact games
- Cyberbullying - what is it?
- UK Safer Internet Centre Resources
- Revisiting our aims 2022
- Creating safer spaces 2022
- Providing a lift for a young person in a leader's car, March 2023
- Internet Legends - Google, April 2023
- Safe Scouting, May 2023
- Messaging, May 2023
- Phones and text messages, May 2023
- Pre-existing relationships May 2024
- Taking photographs September 2023
- County Lines [01/05/2024]
- Reporting safeguarding concerns at events June 2024
- National vetting process June 2024
- safeguarding-reporting-form
- Safeguarding at camp July 2024
- Staying safe resources, September 2024
Badges
Reports
New Technology & Internet Safety
- New search engine for children aged 7 and over
- Helping young people protect themselves online June 2017
- What is a Digital Footprint? June 2017
- betterinternetforkids - guide to online services
- Is ‘Safety’ Still Relevant Sept 2017
- Tips for parents on internet safety for their children
- Using secure websites Dec 2018
- Keeping-Young-People-Safe Jan 2023
- Reporting harmful contact on social media
- Advice on what to do about viral scares online
- 2020 - The internet every minute
- Threads app
- Instagram Teen Accounts, Sept 2024
Activities
- True-false quiz
- Safeguarding - true : false quiz - answers
- Safeguarding True:False quiz - detailed answers
Training
- Training is now completed via the national online mandatory ongoing learning: Details here.
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