Schools, trusts and Local Authority working together to improve school attendance
City Hall, College Green, Tuesday the 3rd December 2024 8:30am - 12pm The conference is free to all attendees
Improving attendance is everyone's business. We are asking for senior colleagues/senior attendance champions from all Bristol schools to come together to work in partnership to improve agree a ‘Bristol charter for attendance’. We will also be sharing best practice from across the city.
Welcome to Anti-Bullying Week 2024 – a big thank you in advance for helping us to ‘Choose Respect’! Together, let’s make this our biggest campaign yet!
We're pleased to say that at the Anti-Bullying Alliance we’ve created everything you need – entirely free of charge – to help you get ready to choose respect in your school/setting!
Join Us for the Integrate Youth Conference 2024!
Date: Friday, 13th December 2024
Time: 9.30am – 3:00pm
Where: The Auditorium, Bristol Aquarium, Anchor Road, Bristol BS1 5TT
Researchers at the University of Bristol and University of Bath are looking for 6 school staff who work with young people who vape.
We want to hear your opinions about a recent research finding that many e-cigarettes confiscated in schools contain a drug commonly known as ‘Spice’. We want to know what you think needs to be done in response to this finding.
When: Thursday 5th December from 5pm-6pm
Where: Online
Please contact pp15091@bristol.ac.uk for more information. We will provide participants with a £25 Amazon voucher to thank you for your time.
Here are a few resources that professionals can share with their parent and carer community to keep children and young people safe this Halloween half term.
This is a video created by the Shadow Board of the Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership to support parents to have conversations with their children about knife crime. Whilst we created this in Bristol, the video can be transferable to other areas in the UK.
Join us in celebrating Bristol Community Champions, who are transforming the lives of local women, as part of our BLACK HISTORY MONTH events.
The joint event, hosted by Refugee Women of Bristol and FORWARD, will highlight the incredible stories of resilience and the strategic role these champions play as bridge builders and unsung heroes in their communities.
There is a planned strike in education on the 10th October 2024.
This is a quick article for you to consider what you can do to support children to respond and resonate with exercising their political voices in a safe and constructive manner.
The Green House is the specialist support service for children, young people and families impacted by
sexual abuse in Avon and Somerset. They offer individual therapies, family support and a range of groups.
This guide is designed to help. Young people, parents and carers with lived experience wanted to share what worked for them or what could have made a difference.
Anti-Bullying Week 2024 is fast approaching on Monday 11th to Friday 15th November, with the theme: ‘Choose Respect’.
We are pleased to announce that the consultation survey for the Bristol SEND and Inclusion draft strategy 2024–2028 is now live. The survey closes on Monday 28 October and can be filled out here: https://bit.ly/bristol-send-inclusion-strategy-consultation.
See below information on Community Learning, part of the Bristol City Council Employment, Skills and Learning team
You can download their Learner Information Pack here
Beyond Equality is an organisation dedicated to tackling sexism in schools. For the past 18 months, in partnership with Movember, we’ve been facilitating conversations with groups of men across Bristol, Bath and the South West, unpacking the impact that masculinity has on their mental health, relationships and communities. Following the success of this project, and building upon the work we’re already doing in schools around the country, we’re offering interactive seminars and CPD-accredited workshops
The police have asked us share with you the Draft Police and Crime Plan alongside the feedback survey here. The survey is open until 21st October.
The ask has come from Marc Hole and is because there are priorities relating to CSA, children affected by DA, youth violence and school exclusion and the OPCC would like feedback from all partners on the plan.
Welcome back! The new academic year has begun, and we kicked things off last week with our September Attendance Briefings. It was great to see so many of you at the sessions.
If you didn’t manage to make one of the sessions, we did record one, and this is now available on the Attendance Toolkit for you to access ('September Briefings' section).
On the 2nd October, Ken Cornish, the lead of ProjectEvolve will be hosting an online event aimed at discussing the project. At the event you will hear about key insights from the 2024 annual report, and the current state of digital literacy across the UK. The event is completely free please follow the link below:
https://saferinternet.org.uk/blog/celebrating-five-years-of-projectevolve-sign-up-for-free-event
Annual Safeguarding Refresher slides and model policy, updates from the Local Safeguarding Partnership, and the Safeguarding in Education Team.
Starting at midnight on 24 September 2024, it will be a criminal offence to possess a “zombie-style” knife or machete. These items are being added to the list of prohibited offensive weapons under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, along with a ban on their manufacture, importation, sale, and supply.
To help the public comply with this change, the Home Office has launched a surrender and compensation scheme running from 26 August to 23 September 2024. During this period, you can surrender any zombie-style knife or machete to the police and claim compensation. After 24 September, possessing these items could lead to criminal prosecution.
