Protecting a child

If you think a child is in immediate danger, you should call the police on 999. Otherwise, please report any concerns via:

 

Suffolk Police 

Tel: 01473 613 500.

The Police and Children’s Services have joint working arrangements for responding to suspected child abuse.

 

Suffolk’s Children Services 

Tel: 0808 800 4005.

Customer First is a specialist call centre with trained staff who know about the services that are available to offer and who can help.

 

NSPCC 

Tel: 0808 800 5000

The NSPCC is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to stopping child abuse. The NSPCC’s helpline is a confidential and free service, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The NSPCC can also provide a response by email, within 24 hours: email them at talk@nspcc.org.uk

 

Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre

Web: www.ceop.police.uk

CEOP is the UK’s national police agency for dealing with child protection, particularly tackling offenders who use online technology to abuse children. If you are worried about someone’s behaviour towards a child online you can report this to CEOP at the web address shown above.

 

Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) 

Web: www.iwf.org.uk

The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) operates the UK internet Hotline for reporting criminal online content, specifically child sexual abuse images hosted anywhere in the world, criminally obscene adult content hosted in the UK, incitement to racial hatred content hosted in the UK and non-photographic child sexual abuse images hosted in the UK.

In partnership with police, Government, the Internet industry, and international partners, the IWF works to remove criminal content online and helps to make the Internet a safer place for everyone.

 

FAQs

Can I remain anonymous when reporting information?

Yes you can remain anonymous when passing information to the Police. However please note that in order to help with any possible enquiries it is useful for the police to have information of the reporting person.

 

What if I have concerns about someone who has contact with my child?

The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Process (CSODP) allows Suffolk residents to enquire if an individual who has un-supervised access or potential unsupervised access to a child has a record of child sex offending and/or poses a significant risk of harm to a child.

Applications to this process can be made by contacting Suffolk Police on 01473 613 500.

To see more information and frequently asked questions about the scheme, please visit the ‘Child Sex Offender Disclosure Process’ section.