| Summary: Summarises key points from the Home Office strategy, ‘Missing children and adults: a cross government strategy’, which aims to get agencies to do more to reduce the number of children going missing and reduce the risk of harm for those that do go missing. Highlights that many children who go missing, particularly as a result of sexual exploitation, do not attend school and are hard to engage with when they do. Suggests that teaching about the risks of running away/going missing needs to be incorporated into the curriculum early on, e.g. in year 6, 7 and 8. Briefly looks at the strategy’s recommendation on working with the voluntary sector and discusses the work of CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre). The full strategy can be downloaded at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/police/missing-persons-strategy?view=Binary |
