Mental health and wellbeing are now central to government guidance, inspection frameworks, and safeguarding law. Organisations are expected not just to have policies in place, but to demonstrate a positive impact on culture, staff, and those they serve.

By achieving the Wellbeing Award Quality Mark, you will:

• Gain independent recognition from a trusted national safeguarding body.

• Reassure regulators, parents, and carers that your organisation prioritises wellbeing.

• Strengthen staff morale and retention by showing a commitment to their health and resilience.

• Demonstrate excellence in practice, not just compliance.

We firmly believe that our Safeguarding Standard can be reached by all organisations that provide services for children, young people and adults at risk.

Our consultants are experienced safeguarding professionals from health, education and social care backgrounds.

Our safeguarding audit process is thorough and highly effective. Your audit report will contain recommendations to improve any aspects of your work which do not meet our standards.

We can help you to establish outstanding safeguarding arrangements and offer support, planning, and training to further strengthen your services. Following your audit we can support you in addressing any areas requiring improvement or causing concern.

contact admin@leadersinsafeguarding.com or visit the website www.leadersinsafeguarding.com for further information

These high-quality banners are available to organisations who are currently registered holders of the Leaders in Safeguarding Award. They have been designed to help award holders proudly showcase their achievement and promote public awareness of the excellent safeguarding practice recognised through the Leaders in Safeguarding Award.

Displaying your banner is a simple but powerful way to:

• celebrate your organisation’s commitment to safeguarding

• reassure children, adults, families, staff, visitors and the wider community

• demonstrate that safeguarding is visible, valued and embedded in your culture

• recognise the hard work of your safeguarding team and wider workforce

• promote trust, confidence and professional credibility

Your Leaders in Safeguarding Award reflects a significant achievement. These banners offer a clear and professional way to make that achievement visible to everyone who walks through your doors.

Order your banner today:
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Thank you for continuing to champion excellence in safeguarding practice.

Warm regards,

Leaders in Safeguarding

Please find attached the latest DISC Weekly Threat Briefing.

This briefing has been prepared to support safeguarding officers, education and youth work professionals with a concise overview of emerging online harms, digital safeguarding risks, platform-related concerns and wider AI threat indicators that may affect children and young people.

Please also log into your DISC dashboard account today, as new intelligence reports are now available for members:

https://disc.support/members

As the pilot continues to grow, we are keen to welcome additional safeguarding professionals from a range of sectors. If you have colleagues who may be interested in joining the pilot, please feel free to share the opportunity with them:

https://www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jobs/digital-intelligence-safeguarding-centre/safeguarding-professional/1069048?tsId=8

As the DISC pilot continues to develop, we are keen to keep shaping the service around the real needs of safeguarding professionals. Pilot members will receive a short 3-minute survey this week, which we would be grateful if you could complete by Friday. Your feedback is genuinely important and will help us improve the weekly briefings, intelligence products, dashboard tools and wider support offer.

Thank you again for your continued support of DISC and for helping shape the pilot as it develops.

Kind regards,

Kane Brooks

Digital Intelligence & Safeguarding Centre

https://disc.support/members

The Department for Education is seeking views on draft statutory guidance for the new information sharing duty introduced through the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act.

The consultation includes draft statutory guidance and a proposed data sharing agreement template. These are intended to help organisations and practitioners understand the new duty, who it applies to, and how it may be interpreted and applied in practice.

The new duty is expected to apply from September 2026.

The statutory guidance aims to support consistent implementation across sectors and encourage a clearer, more confident culture around appropriate information sharing. Once finalised, it will replace the Department for Education’s existing information sharing guidance.

The statutory guidance on Working Together to Safeguard Children will continue to apply.

The Department for Education is particularly seeking responses from safeguarding organisations and practitioners, including those who may be involved in sharing information to support children’s safety, welfare and wellbeing.

The report includes calls for the government to: monitor the efficacy of existing legislation; mandate robust age assurance; and tailor support for parents of children with additional needs in the government’s online safety parent hub.

Closing date: rolling recruitment with no closing date.

If you have not yet had an opportunity to sign up and would like to, it's not too late! Please contact yvonne@nadsl.co.uk and we'll add you to the distribution list.

We're looking forward to hearing from you.

NB If you have volunteered but not received the email link please, let Yvonne know and we will resend.