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Reshet head calls for better safeguarding and child protection

April 14, 2016 10:46

ByCharlotte Oliver, Charlotte Oliver

1 min read

More needs to be done to improve safeguarding and child protection within the community, according to educational group Reshet.

The organisation, which connects more than 2,000 people working in informal Jewish education in the UK, has launched an initiative to "take our community's safeguarding provisions from good to great".

Shelley Marsh, executive director of Reshet, said that, while wider society viewed Jewish organisations' safeguarding training as commendable, more was needed.

Ms Marsh is now working to bring together shuls, youth movements and informal educators to discuss the issue and ensure they are not working in isolation, before offering child protection training next month, with input from the NSPCC.