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The Reading Agency is coordinating gift bags that will be distributed to children and families by library services in...
SCHOOLS in Dorset excluded pupils for sexual misconduct on a dozen occasions in just one year, figures reveal. Department for Education figures show Dorset schools excluded students 12 times for sexual misconduct in 2018-19 – two permanently and 10 temporarily. However, this was a decrease on the previous year, when there were 14. The exclusions in Dorset were among 1,972 sexual misconduct exclusions – which include incidents of sexual abuse, sexual bullying and sexual harassment – across England that year. Though a 13% drop on the year before, Rape Crisis said the number of e...
By Vicky Nash Audience and Content Editor The Diana Award EIGHT young people from Dorset have been awarded The Diana Award in recognition for their work in getting the voices of young people heard. Working with the support of Participation People, a youth participation company, the young people are all members of Dorset Youth Council with two representing young people in Dorset as Members of the UK Youth Parliament. Each young person awarded has made significant contributions to local projects and initiative...
Lockdown saw 1,000 more families turn to Swindon Borough Council’s social services department for help than the year before.
A NEW service has been set up ensuring children and vulnerable adults receive the best possible support when being interviewed by the police.