Gloucestershire Safeguarding Children Partnership

Following recent feedback regarding our Professional Advice Line, we have taken time to listen carefully to your comments and consider how we can better support you.

You told us that the current operating hours can make it difficult for some professionals to access advice when needed. In response to this feedback, we have made the decision to extend the Advice Line hours from 8:30am–3:30pm to 8:30am–4:30pm. This change will tack place from Monday 23^rd February 2026.

We hope this additional hour will provide greater flexibility and enable more professionals to make contact for guidance and support.

Thank you for your continued feedback and partnership.

Police, social care leaders and safeguarding practitioners came together to strengthen their shared response to the harms faced by children. Organised by the GSCP and the Police, the conference featured leading national and local experts delivering talks, panels and interactive workshops. Topics ranged from child sexual exploitation and online harms to teenage domestic abuse, misogyny and group-based offending.

“As safeguarding partners, we pledge to protect children and young people across Gloucestershire by:

• Tackling Child Sexual Abuse in all its forms, including online exploitation and emerging digital threats;

• Responding to Harms Outside the Home, including missing children and adolescent domestic abuse;

• Delivering proportionate, timely, and coordinated support.

Together, we commit to a joined-up approach that puts children’s safety and wellbeing first, addresses disproportionality, and amplifies the voice of every child.”