Please find useful contacts listed in alphabetical order below:
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
www.birmingham.gov.uk/stopbullying
www.birmingham.gov.uk/childrenservices
www.gethelpwithbullying.org.uk
www.stance.org.uk
Autism
www.autism.org.uk
Birmingham City Council
http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/children-services
www.bgfl.org
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 Inter-Agency Referral Form
Electronic copy
Childline
www.childline.org.uk
Children's Services in Birmingham - Guide for Professionals
The Children's Society
www.the-childrens-society.org.uk
Citizens Advice Bureau: Advice Guide
www.adviceguide.org.uk
Connexions Birmingham
http://www.connexions-bs.co.uk/
Directgov - Young people
www.direct.gov.uk
Domestic Violence
www.womensaid.org.uk
www.refuge.org.uk
www.asianwomencentre.org.uk
www.freefromfear.org
www.birmingham-solihull-womensaid.org
www.thehideout.org.uk
Drugs
www.talktofrank.com
http://www.bdaat.co.uk
www.birminghamdatdirectory.nhs.uk
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/drugs
Every Child Matters
http://www.education.gov.uk
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
www.afruca.org
www.feminist.org
www.youngminds.org.uk
www.birmingham-csp.org.uk
Forced Marriage
www.fco.gov.uk/forcedmarriage
Health
www.healthexchange.org.uk
HM - Information Sharing Poster
Information Sharing Poster
Home Office
AIR WEAPONS: A brief guide to safety (click on icon below)
International Child Abduction
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Central Authority for England and Wales
Central Authority for Scotland
Central Authority for Northern Ireland
Identity and Passport Service
Reunite International Child Abduction Service
Legislation
www.education.gov.uk/
www.safeguardingchildren.org.uk
Madrassas
Supporting Safe & Effective Education In Madrassas
MIND
www.mind.org.uk
NSPCC
www.nspcc.org.uk
National Missing Persons
http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/
Private Fostering
The Children (Private Arrangements For Fostering) Regulations 2005
National Minimum Standards for Private Fostering
Replacement Children Act 1989 Guidance on Private Fostering
Refuge
www.refuge.org.uk
Safer Recruitment
www.ncsl.org.uk
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
Self Harm
www.selfharm.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
Stay Safe
www.staysafe.org
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