How safe are our children? report overview

Episode 10,   Jul 08, 2019, 08:34 AM

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This episode explores the NSPCC’s flagship report, How safe are our children? which compiles and analyses data from across all four nations in the UK to show the current child protection landscape. This year we refocused our 2019 report on the most up to date statistics relating to issues of online safety and online abuse in the UK.

The lead author of the report, Holly Bentley, a Senior Information Specialist at the NSPCC speaks about: 

  • why we chose to focus on online safety and online abuse this year
  • where we sourced the data from 
  • how we collaborated with experts who have an insight into the world of online safety
  • the key findings and main conclusions drawn from the report 
  • how our surveys gave children a safe space to talk about their experiences.
Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.

💬 About the speakers

Holly Bentley is a Senior Information Specialist at the NSPCC leading on the organisation’s use of statistics and data. Holly has worked at the NSPCC for eight years and has managed the compilation and delivery of the ‘How safe are our children?’ report since 2013. Prior to working at the NSPCC, she was a librarian at the Guardian.

📚 Related resources and further reading

> Read the full How safe are our children? 2019 report

> Get an overview of data on abuse of adolescents in our 2020 report

> Find out more about preventing online abuse and harm

> Read a summary of risk factors and learning for improving practice around online harm and abuse

> Take a look at the NSPCC helplines report about online safety


Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros