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Hate Crime Conference, Wednesday 15 October 2025 - Booking Open
Published 1 July 2025.
Hate Crime Awareness Week will soon be upon us and to promote the valuable work that continues to progress across North Yorkshire. A Hate Crime Conference is being held at the Priory Street Centre in York on Wednesday 15 October 2025.
There are some wonderful guest speakers lined up to present to you on the day and the conference will offer attendees the opportunity to shape the York and North Yorkshire Hate Crime work landscape moving forward. A full agenda will be circulated nearer the date.
This is a free event; Light refreshments will be provided. Email: [email protected] with any specific dietary requirements.
Can we also ask that you forward this link to anyone within your organisation or any key members of your communities who may be interested in attending.
If you have any questions about the event, email: [email protected]. If you have any building or parking access requirements, let Lesley know.
The nearest car park can be found on Nunnery Lane. The nearest bus stops are located outside York Railway Station which is a 5 minute walk from the venue.
Book to attend the Hate Crime Conference.
Child Death Review Training
Published 26 June 2025.
New training dates have now been released for 2026 for Child Death Review Training. This course explains the statutory purpose of the Child Death Overview Panel. This includes the different components of the Joint Agency Response in to a child death and subsequent child death review. It touches on the role of the key worker and the Coroner and informs professionals on how best to support to bereaved families. In addition, professionals will be provided with an overview of the National Child Mortality Team and local data.
Training dates are as follows:
- Tuesday 16 September 2025, 2.00pm to 3.00pm
- Thursday 13 November 2025, 10.00am to 11.00am
- Thursday 29 January 2026, 10.00am to 11.00am
- Thursday 16 April 2026, 2.00pm to 3.00pm
- Thursday 18 June 2026, 10.00am to 11.00am
- Thursday 8 October 2026, 2.00pm to 3.00pm
These courses are delivered jointly with North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership and are available to book via their website.
City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership X account
Published 26 June 2025.
The Partnership X (Twitter) account has now closed.
To ensure you don’t miss out on updates from the City of York Safeguarding Children Partnership, we would like to encourage you and your colleagues to please sign up to the Partnership newsletter. The newsletter contains up to date information, for example multi-agency training, updates to multi-agency policies and procedures, new initiatives and dates for your diaries. The newsletter is sent out at the end of every month.
In addition, the website is regularly updated with our latest news on this page.
Young Carers
Published 26 June 2025.
Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) highlights the importance of identifying, assessing, and supporting young carers.
Young Carers have recently delivered presentations at both our Partnership Development Day which was held last week and at our Education in Safeguarding Conference which was held in May 2025. The presentations delivered by these young people were extremely powerful. The video links below demonstrate the importance of identifying young carers:
Here is the Youtube link: How my life changed when I was identified as a Young Carer - York Carers Centre YouTube
Here is the Instagram Reel: How my life changed when I was identified as a Young Carer - YACsYork Instagram
The Partnership would like to encourage you to share these links within your organisations to enable young carers to be identified earlier and to enable them to access support from York Carers Forum.
A young carer is a child or young person up to the age of 18 whose life is affected by being a carer for someone with a:
- disability
- long-term illness
- mental health problem
- problem with drugs or alcohol
Young carers provide care 'above that normally expected of someone their age'. The responsibilities young carers take on can differ based on the situation, the extent and regularity of care required, and the structure and dynamics of the family.
Professionals can and should complete any Young Carers Assessments for families they are working with, conducting joint assessments alongside any other services such as adult social care where relevant.
Anyone can make a referral to the York Carer’s Centre, including:
- parents / guardians
- professionals and agencies
- young people can make the referral for themselves, however parental consent must be sought
For further information please contact The York Carers Centre on telephone: 01904 715490 or by email: [email protected].
Further information on Young Carers is also available on the partnership website.
If your organisation has not done so already they can pledge to take practical and meaningful action to support young carers and young adult carers so they can have the same life opportunities as other children and young people. Find out more about the Young Carers Covenant and how to sign up.
If anyone has any questions in relation to Young Carers Forum please email [email protected]
Carers Week Monday 9 to Sunday 15 June
Published 13 May 2025.
York Carers Centre is an independent charity offering free support to unpaid carers in York. They support young carers (from age 5), young adult carers (aged 18 to 25), and adult carers (aged 25+), recognising the different challenges each group faces.
As part of the Carers Trust network, they work closely with local services and organisations to ensure carers have access to the confidential advice, information, and practical help they need. Whether you're looking after a parent, sibling, partner, child, or friend due to illness, disability, mental health, or addiction, they're here for you. Their services include one-to-one support, social groups, benefits advice, emergency planning, training, and much more - all aimed at helping carers feel heard, supported, and less alone.
It’s Carers Week Monday 9 to Sunday 15 June and we’re celebrating with a whole range of fun and supportive activities, and you’re invited to join us! If you’re new to York Carers Centre, Carers Week is the perfect time to get involved and see what we’re all about. Whether you’re a carer or just curious, there’s something for everyone.
Take a look at the York Carers Centre's website's events page and find an activity that’s right for you. Please contact York Carers Centre directly for further information by email: [email protected], on the York Carers Centre eqnuiry form or by telephone: 01904 715 490.
City of York Council’s Children’s Services rated as Outstanding
Published 16 April 2025.
Independent inspectors, Ofsted, have rated York’s services for children and young people as Outstanding in all areas.
The inspectors reviewed 4 key areas of the council’s work including how it supports children who need help and protection:
- children in care
- care leavers
- leadership
Each was rated as Outstanding following the inspection in February, leading to an overall rating of Outstanding. This puts York in the top 7% of local authorities’ children’s services in the country.
York Children’s Services were last inspected in 2022, when each of the areas inspected were rated as Requires Improvement.
York is the first local authority nationally to have moved from a rating below Good to Outstanding in all areas in a single inspection cycle.
The inspectors attributed the ‘relentless drive by senior leaders’ for the significant improvement in the standard and quality of children’s services, highlighting the council leadership’s aligned core values and strong commitment to children, young people and families.
They also recognised the council’s ambition and determination to provide outstanding services, creating an environment for improvement, based around putting children first.
The council’s commitment to recruiting and maintaining a stable workforce was also highlighted, noting that doing so created good experiences and progress for children.
Work to ensure that children’s views and feelings are central to decisions that are made for them was also praised, with inspectors recognising that children are supported to remain within their wider family networks where possible.
Cllr Claire Douglas, Leader of City of York Council, said:
One of my key priorities since becoming Leader has been to work as a single leadership team of politicians and officers to help the council improve the services it delivers for residents.
“I’m delighted by this recognition and pay tribute to the leadership of Cllr Webb, Martin Kelly as Corporate Director and to the ongoing hard work of all Children’s Services staff. This judgment shows that everyone being aligned, with a shared commitment to do the best for children and young people in York, is resulting in improved services and I couldn’t be happier."
Cllr Bob Webb, the council’s Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education, said:
Supporting children and young people in York to live safe, healthy lives and to fulfil their potential is central to everything we do as a council.
“Our fantastic team in York is absolutely committed to achieving the best for every child, young person and family they’re working with and I’m delighted that the inspectors have recognised the exceptional quality of support they provide each and every day.
“Our relentless focus on putting children and young people at the heart of everything will continue, so we can ensure that York is a great place for all children and young people to grow up, now and in the future.”
Martin Kelly OBE, the council’s Corporate Director of Children and Young People, said:
I’m immensely proud of our Children’s Services teams and the many colleagues across other parts of the council whose dedication and absolute commitment to achieve the best outcomes for children, young people and families in York have made this rating possible.
“Their resilience and desire to continually review, reflect and improve outcomes for the young people they’re working with is outstanding. I look forward to continuing to work with them, and our partners across the city, to support children, young people and families in York.”
Yvette Stanley, Ofsted's National Director for Regulation and Social Care, said:
Today’s inspection report highlights the determination of all those working across York to make a positive difference for children and their families. It is a rare achievement to move from a judgement of requires improvement to outstanding in all areas, and it was a pleasure to hear about the team’s successes. I was particularly pleased to read how they have created an environment for improvement that always puts children first.
“This inspection outcome is a significant achievement and reflects the hard work and commitment of York’s leadership team, their managers and frontline staff, as well as the wider council and safeguarding partners.”
The judgement places York with only ten other authorities in the country, all of which have achieved a rating of Outstanding in all areas for their Children’s Services.
Read a copy of the full Ofsted report (.pdf).
Developing an Understanding of Harmful Sexual Behaviour Training
Published 14 March 2025.
We're pleased to announce that new dates have been scheduled for the Developing an Understanding of Harmful Sexual Behaviour course during 2025.
The training dates are as follows:
- Thursday 29 May, 10.00am to 2.00pm
- Thursday 21 August, 10.00am to 2.00pm
- Thursday 27 November, 10.00am to 2.00pm
These courses will all be held face-to-face at West Offices.