Tag: NSPCC
NSPCC welcomes vote by Welsh Assembly to ban smacking
The NSPCC Northern Ireland has welcomed an historic vote by the Welsh Assembly to ban parents from smacking their children and it's calling for Northern...
NSPCC plea to Stormont to put children first
Dear Editor:
Now that our politicians are back behind their desks at Stormont we would like to emphasise to them the importance of putting local...
Greenisland man will answer NSPCC Helpline calls on Christmas Day
A Greenisland man will be working for the NSPCC Helpline on Christmas Day as children at risk or neglected will be requiring this essential...
Giant safety message at NSPCC assembly
Children from Victoria Primary School in Newtownards recently took part in an assembly with NSPCC Northern Ireland on the topic of how to keep...
Call for same protection for Northern Ireland children
By Orla O'Hagan, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, NSPCC Northern Ireland
This has been a momentous time for the rights of children living...
NSPCC helpline made almost 700 referrals to police and social services last year –...
The NSPCC Helpline has received nearly 73,000 calls and emails from adults across the UK, worried about a child over the past year.
Almost half...
Online danger: sexual grooming crimes have risen by 55 per cent in Northern Ireland
Sexual grooming crimes have risen by 55 per cent in Northern Ireland.
There were 127 offences of sexual communication with a child recorded by the...
Children as young as eight are giving out personal details online
Children as young as eight are giving out their personal details online.
And children's social media profiles have been found to contain potentially sensitive information.
Almost...
LETTER: NSPCC – Childhood Day thanks
NSPCC Northern Ireland
First Floor, Lanyon Building
Jennymount Business Park
North Derby Street
Belfast
BT15 3HN
Dear Editor:
I would like to extend my gratitude to readers who supported NSPCC Northern...
A quarter of recorded sexual offences against under 18s involve children aged FOUR to...
Startling new figures show that almost a quarter of all recorded sexual offences against under 18s, involved children aged FOUR to EIGHT.
Police in Northern...