BLOG | My Site 12

Smartwhip - Nitrous oxide

NOS is a colourless gas sold in canisters, usually inhaled using a balloon. What does it look like? Nitrous oxide is a colourless gas...

Why Vulnerable Gang Members are Most Likely to be Radicalised in Prison

To understand how young people are being radicalised in prison, you first have to understand about gangs; why teenagers join gangs and...

Bleed Control Kits

Tragically so many lives are lost each year due to traumatic bleeding, some of which could have been prevented by properly using one of...

Outreach Newsletter. December 2022

Crying Sons Crying Sons is a charity that has a vision to create a cohesive social and cultural environment where value is based on ones...

EXCLUSIVE: Criminal exploitation and adult extortion

Criminal exploitation of young people is not a new phenomenon. This practice has been taking place since Victorian England. The fairy...

Children with Mental Health Issues: We Need to Challenge the Stigma

People with mental health problems say that stigma and discrimination can make their difficulties worse and make it harder to recover....

Spiral of Violence: Drug Gangs Exploit Kids as Young as 11 to be Runners for Heroin and Crack Deals

Leigh, 16, had just finished his GCSEs when his uncle asked him to join the family business: selling heroin and crack cocaine. With time...

Multi-agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) Practice Standards for Partners

This document has been created to ensure that each agency provides a consistent response to undertaking checks on individual cases within...