Wirral Safeguarding News

National CSE Awareness Day 18th March

  National CSE Awareness Day is on the 18th March.  The Compass Team, Catch22 and Youth Service are supporting this day.  To support this locally, the following event events are taking place: raising awareness with students from Wirral Met College briefing to Social Workers and Team Managers about their responsibilities...

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WSCB Newsletter Issue No. 8 February 19

The WSCB have published Edition 8 of their bi monthly newsletter to highlight news and successful activities across the partnership to safeguard and promote positive outcomes for children and young people across Wirral. The Eighth edition can be found here If you would like me to visit you to get your...

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Online Safety: WhatsApp

WHATSAPP Age restriction: 16 This is WhatsApp’s minimum age. WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, with more than 1.5 billion people in more than 180 countries using it to send and receive text, photos, videos and documents, as well as make voice and video...

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Online Safety: Twitter

TWITTER Age restriction: 13 This is Twitter’s minimum age. Twitter is a social networking site where users can post ‘tweets’ or short messages, photos and videos publicly. They can also share ‘tweets’ written by others to their followers. Twitter is popular with young people, as it allows them to interact...

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Online Safety: Facebook

FACEBOOK Age Restriction: 13 This is Facebook and Messenger's minimum age. Facebook is the most used social networking service worldwide with 2.07 billion monthly active users, although recent statistics have shown teenagers are using it less. The service, which enables users to connect with friends and family as well as...

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