National Guidance

The Government has produced a wide range of guidance documents explaining the role and responsibilities around PREVENT for all key sectors.

ACT Toolkit

This campaign aims to encourage local communities to report suspicious behaviour or activity in order to defeat terrorism together.

icn_pdf  ACT Final Toolkit

Building Partnerships, Staying Safe

These guidance documents have been developed for Healthcare organisations and workers outlining their responsibilities around PREVENT.

Building Partnerships, Staying Safe – Guidance for Healthcare organisations

Building Partnerships, Staying Safe – Guidance for Healthcare Workers

Channel Process

The Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015 introduced the ‘Channel’ process. Channel is a multi-agency safeguarding programme providing tailored support to people who have been identified as at risk of being drawn into terrorism.  The support offered can come from any of the partners on the Panel which includes the local authority, police, education and health providers. The person’s engagement in the programme is voluntary at all stages. This guidance is intended for members of a panel and partners of local panels in England and Wales on the duty to provide support for people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism

Channel Duty Guidance (2015)

icn_pdf  Channel Factsheet

Contest

The United Kingdom’s Strategy for Countering Terrorism

icn_pdf Contest Strategy

Desistance and Disengagement Programme Factsheet

Information on the Desistance and Disengagement Programme (DDP)

icn_pdf Desistance and Disengagement Programme Factsheet

Dovetail

The document below provides an update on the Dovetail pilot from the Home office:

icn_pdf Dovetail evaluation high level findings and next steps

NHS England Guidance

The documents below provide guidance updates from NHS England:

icn_pdf Health Sector Prevent Priorities

icn_pdf Prevent Mental Health Guidance

Parsons Green Incident

Following the terrible events in Parsons Green, there has been understandable concern from parents and schools regarding planned school trips. Advice from the police is that there is currently no need to cancel any such visits as police have no specific information about further threats to the public.

Schools will have already undertaken a risk assessment in relation to pre-planned trips and should continuously update their assessment as per normal local procedures. Schools should expect to find increased levels of security at all public places and some delays during entry to public venues.

Over the coming days you are likely to see more police officers patrolling, this is a precautionary measure only. Police advice to the public is to remain alert but not alarmed and to report anything that causes concern or raises suspicion to the police on 0800 789 321.

In an emergency always dial 999.

For information on what to look out for and how to contact police go to gov.uk/ACT

The British Transport Police’s security campaign “See it. Say it. Sorted” can support school trip leaders in the event that trips are taken by rail / coach and can be found here:

See it. Say it. Sorted

The National Counter Terrorism Security Office provide protective security advice:

National Counter Terrorism Security Office

 

Please see below a link to a letter from the Home Office to the government Home Affairs Select Committee outlining learning arising from the Parsons Green incident which occurred in September 2017 and the actions taken in response:

Home Affairs Select Committee Letter

icn_pdf Parsons Green Letter to HASC Chair from Home Office Permanent Secretary

The recommendations relate to learning in respect of:

  1. Management of unaccompanied asylum seekers within the channel process
  2. Mental health representation at Channel panels
  3. Use of MASH
  4. Quality assurance of Prevent and Channel work
  5. Police management of risk within Channel
  6. Training for channel chairs

 

The response also emphasises the need to manage Channel cases in line with statutory Channel guidance which suggests that good practice is for:

  1. a) Statutory partners to provide relevant information to police within ten working days of receiving a request;
  2. b) Channel Panels to discuss ongoing cases on a monthly basis;
  3. c) Cases to be reassessed at least every three months.

PREVENT Duty Guidance

This document provides general guidance on the duty on specified authorities in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015.

PREVENT Duty Guidance (July 2015)

icn_pdf PREVENT Statutory Guidance

PREVENT Duty Advice for Schools and Childcare providers

This document provides guidance on the PREVENT duty in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 for schools and childcare providers.

PREVENT Duty Advice for Schools and Childcare Providers

PREVENT Duty Guidance for Further Education

This document provides guidance on the PREVENT duty in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 for Further Education Institutions.

PREVENT Duty Guidance For Further Education

PREVENT Duty Guidance for Higher Education

This document provides guidance on the PREVENT duty in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 for Higher Education Institutions.

PREVENT Duty Guidance For Higher Education

Prevent Duty Toolkit for Local Authorities

The Prevent Duty Toolkit for Local Authorities and Partner Agencies has been published today. The Toolkit provides practical information and examples of best practice to support local authorities and their partners in their work to implement the Prevent duty. It supplements the Prevent Duty Guidance: for England and Wales, and will assist in the consideration of existing statutory guidance. It includes content on:

  • Local risk assessment process
  • Multi-agency partnership board
  • Prevent partnership action plan
  • Referral process
  • Channel panel
  • Prevent problem solving proves
  • Training programme
  • Venue hire and IT policies
  • Community and civil society engagement
  • Communications

icn_pdf Prevent Duty Toolkit for Local Authorities

Safer Giving

Please see an awareness poster below from the Charity Commission for England and Wales:

Safer giving pdf