Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre publish their strategic overview.

CEOP have published their 2008/09 Strategic Overview, available at

http://www.ceop.police.uk/downloads/documents/strategic_overview_2008-09.pdf

Child sex offenders are switching between the internet and the offline world with increasing frequency & severity in order to target and (in some cases) abduct young victims and parents could & should do more, claims the UK national policing centre for child protection – the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre.

Almost 5,500 reports were received by the Centre during the past 12 months of which 2,500 came from members of the public using the organisation’s unique online ‘CEOP Report’ button.  Anyone providing an online environment where children go can apply to embed the ‘CEOP Report’ button by visiting www.ceop.police.uk/digitallibrary. 1,373 of those reports were from young children themselves of which 89% related specifically to instances of grooming.

Children’s Low Vision project launched

Rhodri Morgan, Welsh Assembly Government’s First Minister spoke at the the annual Welsh Eye Care Conference at Cardiff University’s School of Optometry. 

 

He said: “As part of our Welsh Eye Care Initiative we are funding the Children’s Low Vision project, which enables children and young people with Low Vision to access the services provided by health, education, social care and third sector organisations.  It also encourages multi-disciplinary working between professionals from health, education, social care and third sector organisations. We also look forward to the launch of the Children’s Low Vision Toolkit in a few months time”.

WAG press release from Wired-Gov 28/09/09

New books in Voyager

The new books search is now working in Voyager. Simply click the New items tab and select the time period you want to search. You can also restrict your results to a particular location such as the Library and Information Centre.

A-Z list of journals

The Library has a new page for the A-Z list of journals.  You can use this to get to a journal title we subscribe to quickly.

The listing allows you to browse and search for both print and electronic journals and to see what titles we have in a particular subject category.

Child Poverty Bill

From Intute:

The Child Poverty Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 11th June 2009 as Bill 112 Session 2008-09.

“The Bill would provide a statutory basis to the commitment made by the Government in 1999 to eradicate child poverty by 2020.” It “places a duty on the Secretary of State to meet four United Kingdom-wide income poverty targets by the end of the financial year 2020″. These are Relative poverty; Combined low income and material deprivation; Persistent poverty; and Absolute poverty.

The progress of the Bill can be followed from this Parliament webpage and the full text of the document can be accessed in html or PDF format. http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2008-09/childpoverty.html

Looking for somewhere to study?

Are you looking for a quiet place to study? Do you need a group study area to work on an assignment together? Need to use a PC? The LIC has a number of different defined study areas to cater for you different study needs or learning styles. The Group Study Area is in the Study Hall (West Level 3) next to Costa Coffee and Silent Study Areas can be found on West Levels 1 and 2 and East Levels 2,3 & 4. More information can be found on our web pages or ask at the Information Desk in the LIC.

Child wellbeing and child poverty

Child wellbeing and child poverty : where the UK stands in the European table.

http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/fullrecord.pl?handle=20090423-1057587

YouTube EDU

From Intute:

YouTube EDU: videos and channels from our university partners. This is a special section of YouTube which contains a directory of videos, film clips and channels from universities, colleges and higher education establishments worldwide. They include examples of lectures, events and course related materials covering all areas of the sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is possible to search the site by keyword, to browse by college name or to filter by country. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.

http://www.youtube.com/edu

“Children and Families (Wales) Measure”

Is poverty or safety the No.1 issue for children at risk? – Tackling child poverty and strengthening support to those families in greatest need is at the heart of a new Welsh law recently laid before the Welsh National Assembly by Ministers.  The proposed Children and Families (Wales) Measure is intended to help improve the lives of some of the most disadvantaged children and families in Wales.

It sets a clear direction for the WAG’s aim of improving the quality of life & equality of opportunity for every community in Wales.  A duty will be placed on Welsh Ministers to develop a new Child Poverty Strategy for Wales, which would have to be reviewed every 3 years. The proposed Measure will also place a duty on specific Welsh public bodies to identify & take action to assist in the goal of eradicating child poverty by 2020.

Providing opportunities for play will also be embedded in the Measure, as will assuring children & young people’s participation in decisions which affect their lives. Welsh Ministers will also be able to place a duty on local authorities to secure free, high quality, targeted childcare in specific areas, in line with One Wales commitments.

New Integrated Family Support Teams will be created across Wales to help children & families whose complex needs such as substance misuse and domestic violence, require intense & multi-disciplinary support from skilled professionals.

[Press release from Wired-GOV.net, 9th march 2009]

Children’s literature event on the theme of inclusion, Swansea, March 25th.

CILIP Education Librarians Group
Children’s Literature Event

March 25th 2009 2:00-4:30pm at the new Swansea Central Library

In The Picture

This Education Librarians Group children’s literature event is on the theme of inclusion. With generous funding from SWAP (South West Area Partnership) we are offering a free afternoon workshop on the In the Picture project with Penny Dickinson to be held at the new Swansea Central Library.

Scope’s In The Picture campaign is about embracing diversity – so that disabled children, who have been virtually invisible until recently, are included alongside others in illustrations and story lines in books for young readers. The campaign has been supported by Jacqueline Wilson and Quentin Blake. See the web pages at http://www.childreninthepicture.org.uk/index.htm

This event will be of particular interest to those working with young children, including early years specialists. There will also be the opportunity to have a tour of the children’s section in the Library. All are welcome. There is no charge but booking is essential.

Please contact j.mills@roehampton.ac.uk (020 8392 3772) Roehampton University Library, Roehampton Lane, London SW15 5SZ

Venue: Swansea Central Library, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road.
Information about the venue with link to map:
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=10956
Directions for parking:
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=23044#

Penny Dickinson of Scope was involved in the initiation of the In the Picture campaign and will lead an interactive workshop which will:

Explore the work of the project – its aims, aspirations and successes – and the way forward

Emphasise the importance of inclusive resources for young and disabled children

Increase awareness of existing resources – particularly books toys and games which include all children

Examine the role disabled children have played in literature in the past and their ideas for the future

Increase understanding of methods to make settings more inclusive

Demonstrate the effectiveness of certain media when working with children