CPC Scotland Webinars and podcasts
Beginning in March 2022 Child Protection Committees Scotland, with support from CELCIS and Scottish Government, delivered a series of free, online webinars and podcasts in which child protection leaders and practitioners discussed aspects of child neglect with key speakers and organisations.
Due to funding restraints, this content is no longer available on the CPC Scotland website and is now hosted here.
CPC webinars can be found here
Podcast series 2025
Podcast 1 - Grooming
March 2025
To help us do better to protect our children from this sophisticated form of child abuse, podcast presenter Clare English was joined to talk about grooming by Daljeet Dagon, an independent trainer and consultant working with The Centre of Expertise for Child Sexual Abuse and Stuart Allardyce of Lucy Faithful Foundation Scotland.
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Podcast 2 - Domestic Abuse
April 2025
This is a subject which needs airing because according to Scottish Government statistics, the most common reason for children in Scotland to be placed on “at risk” registers is because of domestic violence. To help shine a light on this most challenging of child protection issues, podcast presenter Clare English was joined by three guests - Marsha Scott of Scottish Women's Aid, domestic abuse survivor Emily and Professor John Devaney of Edinburgh University.
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PODCAST 3 - Lasting Effects of Childhood Abuse
April 2025
Many adult survivors of abuse have spoken about the lifelong impact of being abused in childhood - impacts which include trauma; mental, emotional and physical health problems; difficulties with trust and relationship building; become dependent on alcohol or drugs; behaving recklessly; or living in a state of hypervigilance. To give us an insight to how trauma of childhood abuse can manifest itself in later life, podcast presenter Clare English was joined by child sexual abuse survivor Vicci Jeffries, Edinburgh Academy abuse survivor Giles Moffat and trauma therapist Lesley Anne Pratchett.
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Podcast 4 - Online Abuse
April 2025
Research published in 2024 by the Childlight Global Child Safety Institute at the University of Edinburgh found that “more than 300 million children a year are victims of online sexual exploitation and abuse”. And here in Scotland, in 2023 alone, Police Scotland data showed that there were over 670 incidences of “communicating indecently with a child” reported. In this edition, we wanted to find out if we still have the scope to build flood barriers against the tidal wave of online abuse. To find out, presenter Clare English was joined by Jess Macbeath, an online safety consultant, and Detective Sergeant Kirsty Paisley from Police Scotland's Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Team.
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Podcast 5 - Non-Reporting
May 2025
Continuing Care in foster care
In this podcast we are exploring why people might NOT speak up to report concerns that a child might be being neglected or harmed. We also wanted to find out what happens if we do tell someone that we’re worried about a child or children. To find out why some people stay schtum, presenter Clare English was joined by Elaine Torrance - independent chair of Dundee's Children At Risk Committee, Detective Sergeant Lianne Kelly of Police Scotland's National Child Abuse Investigation Unit and Helen Westerman, Head of Local Campaigns at the NSPCC.
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