If you have immediate concerns about the safety of a child please visit the Worried About a Child page

In North Yorkshire there are a number of organisations you can contact to access further support for you and your child:
North Yorkshire Council: Children and Families Service:

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) provide a range of services such as children and family hubs, early education and childcare, the Early Help Service, Youth Justice and Children’s Social Care which can provide general advice and support through to more intensive support to help you safeguard your child, depending on your needs.

Visit NYC’s Children and Families page here for further information.

More information on Early Help can be accessed here: NYSCP (safeguardingchildren.co.uk)

In North Yorkshire there are a number of organisations you can contact to access further support for you and your child, below is a selection of the services you can go to for further support. For a more wider range of services please visit Services in North Yorkshire page or the Do You Need Some Help page for children and young people.

Further information about Early Help support Services available in North Yorkshire can be accessed here: North Yorkshire Children & Families Service – Early Help Resources | NYES Info

North Yorkshire Council, in partnership with the Solihull Approach, offer free access to online courses expertly designed for parents, carers, grandparents and teens living in the region. Sign up to understand your child’s feelings, as well as your own, as you go through life as a family. Learn to understand the changes in your child’s development and how to support them, whilst also strengthening your relationship. inourplace | Solihull Approach – North Yorkshire | inourplace

There are a wide variety of support schemes and organisations in North Yorkshire which may be able to help or advise you, if you are struggling to pay for essentials. Cost of living support | North Yorkshire Council

Being Young in North Yorkshire 2021-2024 is the North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Strategy for children and young people living in North Yorkshire.

As a partnership we recognise the diversity across North Yorkshire and how important it is to harness this when agreeing our delivery plans.

Our children and young people are our future, we want them to thrive in North Yorkshire and achieve the best possible outcomes they can.

This strategy sets out our vision which is shaped by the feedback from children and young people living in North Yorkshire and sets out our four key themes of children and young people having:

– a safe life
– a happy family life
– a healthy life, and
– achieving in life

For more information click on the image below: