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Jess Harris

Guidance for Parents and Carers

15th December 2023

Parents and carers are key when it comes to safeguarding in football. Understanding the role you can play, how and with whom to raise a concern you may have –…

Undercover police reveal 10 out of 14 Leeds hotels and taxis fail to report child sexual exploitation ‘red flags’

15th December 2023

Undercover police reveal 10 out of 14 Leeds hotels and taxis fail to report child sexual exploitation ‘red flags’ A multi-agency operation has taken place to test the level of…

Lincolnshire Police deploys AI for child safeguarding

24th November 2023

Lincolnshire Police has deployed an AI application to support the identification of vulnerable children. It has announced its adoption the CESIUM system, following its collaboration with AI company Trilateral Research…

Safeguarding children requires creating a culture where people can report concerns – expert

24th November 2023

Existing legislation already quite strong, former senior garda said, but poor practice cannot be tolerated A safeguarding consultant has said it was important to make people feel comfortable with reporting…

New online safety plans to end ‘stranger danger’ for children

17th November 2023

Strangers are to be barred from sending messages to children on social media under plans by Ofcom to protect young people online. In an exclusive article for the Telegraph, Melanie Dawes, the…

Child safeguarding transformed for police with ‘game-changing’ Artificial Intelligence

17th November 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) software which can identify vulnerable children months before they might be at risk is now in use by Lincolnshire Police. This cutting-edge approach to child safeguarding is…

World Athletics Safeguarding Essentials training course released in seven languages

10th November 2023

World Athletics has produced a Safeguarding Essentials training course for everyone involved in athletics. Available on the World Athletics e-learning platform in seven languages, it is a basic awareness course…

10 Tips For Safeguarding Your Business In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence

10th November 2023

Christopher Prewitt is CTO at Inversion6, responsible for helping develop security-related products and services for customers. Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly infiltrated our daily lives and the business landscape, revolutionizing the…

WhatsApp AI generates stickers of gun-wielding children from ‘Palestine’ prompts

3rd November 2023

WhatsApp’s AI sticker generator has been found to create images of a young boy and a man with guns when given Palestine-related prompts – while a search for ‘Israel army’ returned pictures of soldiers…

Number of Nottinghamshire children needing more support or protection has gone up

3rd November 2023

It comes as the Local Government Association (LGA) said greater funding for children’s services and councils is needed to meet the high demand for families needing support. Figures from the Department of Education…