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The Somerset Trauma Informed Network is a group of individuals and organisations who are committed to a journey of becoming more trauma informed in their practice and policy. From April 2024, you can join the Network to receive updates about new resources, upcoming training and learning opportunities! We also have information pages as part of […]

The Somerset Wide Integrated Sexual Health (SWISH) service provides sexual health and contraceptive support around the county. Within SWISH we have a ‘Targeted Outreach’ team who travel the county and make our services more accessible to at risk groups, such as those experiencing child exploitation. Our young people’s nurse Marina says: ‘I’ve been a Young

The National Child Exploitation Awareness Day aims to highlight the issues surrounding Child Exploitation (CE); encouraging everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse and adopt a zero-tolerance to adults developing inappropriate relationships with children or children exploiting and abusing their peers. National Child Exploitation Awareness Day – STOP CE – (stop-ce.org)– official information (paragraph above

Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership, in collaboration with Tri-X and the south west regional Consortium group, have updated the South West Child Protection Procedures manual and lunched it on a brand new platform for 2024! Somerset has its own site, which provides a ‘gateway’ to the shared child protection procedures for the region, in addition to

From Monday 12th February the Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) started the Highlight Youth Hubs with Young Somerset in both Bridgwater and Taunton, to provide support, advice and sign posting for young people. The Taunton Hub: 3-5pm on Saturdays in McDonalds, East Street The Bridgwater Hub: 4-6pm on Fridays in Coffee#1, Fore Street The hubs are