Our Expert Views

Our Expert Views

Rich, readable blogs from our experts who work among the community, in academia and research on new developments in Prevent and their real impact on people.

People's Review of Prevent

The People's Review of Prevent

The People’s Review of Prevent is an alternative review to the Government Shawcross Review.

This review provides a voice to the people most impacted by the Prevent Duty.

Prevent is described as ‘safeguarding’ children from harms. However, under Prevent, safeguarding is focused on protecting the wider public from children believed to be ‘risky’, rather than protecting children from harms.

Throughout our report we present case studies that show how real these harms can be and the distress they cause to children and their families and carers.

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UN Submission: How the UK Prevent duty erodes children’s right to safety in education

A summary of our submission to the UN outlining how Prevent makes school an unsafe space especially for targeted children, with serious implications for children’s well-being. This submission addresses how Prevent undermines the right to...

Prevent and the political performance of ‘justice’

Each time tragedy strikes, a predictable script unfolds: politicians stand before the cameras, blaming the toxic Prevent strategy for the atrocity, while presenting it as the solution to protect us against the next. This is part of a...