Staying Safe
Welcome to the Staying Safe section, which aims to highlight a range of issues relating to your safety, and to signpost you to a local and national organisations and services that can assist with any questions and issues you may have with regards to that topic.
Lambeth's Strategic Action Plan to tackle the problem of the rising involvement of youth gang activity and violent crime in the borough
www.lambethfirst.org.uk/young-and-safe/
Info on how you might feel, what can be done, and where to find help if you experience or witness crime such as theft, robbery or bullying.
www.are-you-ok.org.uk
Crimestoppers website to raise awareness of and reduce knife crime; fun games, competitions, animations and knife law information and resource; activities and discussion starters
www.gameover4knives.com
Youth friendly site with extensive guidance to law; stories from young people who ended up on the wrong side of the law; justice map to show what lies ahead for those who get in trouble with the law.
www.rizer.org.uk
Free helpline for children and young people in distress or danger
www.childline.org.uk
Kidscape is committed to keeping children safe from abuse. Kidscape is the first charity in the UK established specifically to prevent bullying and child sexual abuse.
www.kidscape.org.uk
Comprehensive guidance for professionals on justice programmes and policies.
www.yjb.gov.uk
Constructive activities for young people involved in youth offending, case studies tackling the cause of crime , support resources to improve parenting, mental health, drug and alcohol treatment in the community.
www.smartjustice.org.uk
The official website of the Metropolitan Police's Operation Trident
www.stoptheguns.org
Everything you need to know about how to have fun on the net, advice on what's out there and how to use Internet safely. Report any inappropriate or potentially illegal activity with or towards a child online.
www.thinkuknow.co.uk
One of the main objectives of the Refugee Council is to provide support and help to refugees and asylum seekers and to make information and advice available to them directly.
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk
Lambeth Safeguarding Children Board is the statutory body responsible for coordinating and monitoring the effectiveness of multi agency safeguarding work for children in Lambeth.
www.lambethscb.org.uk
Chance UK provides mentoring programmes for children aged 5-11 years with behavioural difficulties.
Chance UK