Youth Engagement And the Wirral Safeguarding Children Board Team

Youth Engagement

NSPCC annual report ‘How safe are our children?’

Each year the NSPCC publish a report this is called ‘How safe are our children?’

This year the main headlines are,

There has been an increase in the reporting and recording of child abuse and neglect.

• All 4 countries in the UK have seen the number of recorded sexual offences against children increase over the last year.
• England and Wales have seen an increase in the number of recorded cruelty and neglect offences in the last year.
• Reports of online abuse have increased, including:
  • a rise in the number of ChildLine counselling sessions about sexting and cyberbullying
  • an increase in the number of URLs containing child abuse images being identified and removed from the internet
  • an increase in the number of recorded obscene publication offences.

More support is needed for children who have been abused. We know that abuse and neglect can impact on children and young people’s mental health. We need to make sure that therapeutic support is available for children who have been abused, but currently the commissioning of services is being held back by a lack of data.

To read the full report please click on the link HERE