Useful links
Please find useful contacts listed in alphabetical order below:
Adoption & Fostering
https://www.birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk/adoptionandfostering
Adults Safeguarding
You can get more information about adult abuse and how to report it at the Birmingham Adult Safeguarding Board website www.bsab.org
Anti-Bullying
www.bullying.co.uk
www.samaritans.org.uk
www.anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk
www.birmingham.gov.uk/stopbullying
Autism
www.autism.org.uk
Birmingham City Council
https://www.birminghamchildrenstrust.co.uk/
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/schools
Birmingham Youth Offending Service
http://www.barnardos.org.uk
Birmingham Crisis
Birmingham Crisis Centre is an independent charity offering refuge to 23 women and their children fleeing abusive relationships. Trained Staff are available 24 hours a day and can be contacted through our helpline on 0121 5070707: www.birminghamcrisis.org.uk
Childcare Information Bureau
http://www.childcarebureau.co.uk/
Children's Social Care Request for Support Form
http://www.lscbbirmingham.org.uk/index.php/safeguarding-concerns
Childline
www.childline.org.uk
The Children's Society
www.the-childrens-society.org.uk
Citizens Advice Bureau: Advice Guide
www.adviceguide.org.uk
Directgov - Young people
www.direct.gov.uk
Domestic Violence
www.womensaid.org.uk
www.refuge.org.uk
www.asianwomencentre.org.uk
www.thehideout.org.uk
Drugs
www.talktofrank.com
http://birminghampublichealth.co.uk/
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
www.afruca.org
www.youngminds.org.uk
www.birmingham-csp.org.uk
http://bafgm.org/
Forced Marriage
www.fco.gov.uk/forcedmarriage
Health
www.healthexchange.org.uk
HM - Information Sharing Poster
Information Sharing
Home Office
AIR WEAPONS: A brief guide to safety (click on icon below)
International Child Abduction
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Reunite International Child Abduction Service
Legislation
www.education.gov.uk/
MIND
www.mind.org.uk
NSPCC
www.nspcc.org.uk
National Missing Persons
http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
Private Fostering
Private fostering in Birmingham - Birmingham Childrens Trust
Private fostering in Birmingham - Information for Professionals
Private fostering in Birmingham - Information for for private Foster Carers
Refuge
www.refuge.org.uk
Safer Recruitment
https://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check/overview
Safeguarding Children from Abuse Linked to Faith or Belief
Research and guidance on abuse linked to spirit possession and witchcraft
Save The Children Fund
www.savethechildren.org.uk
Serious Case Reviews
- Ages of concern: learning lessons from serious case reviews (Oct 2011) click here
- Serious and fatal child maltreatment 2009 - 2010 (Oct 2011) click here
- A study of recommendations arising from Serious Case Reviews 2009 - 2010 (Sep 2011) click here
Staying Safe On-Line
https://www.childline.org.uk
Stop It Now
www.stopitnow.org.uk
Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
www.baspcan.org.uk
Sure Start
www.birmingham.childrencentres.org
Youth Offending Service
Birmingham Youth Offending Service