Prevent & Radicalisation

Prevent is part of the UK government's counter-terrorism strategy. It focuses on safeguarding and supporting individuals who are vulnerable to radicalisation and extremism. 

Extremism is a term which refers to the holding of extreme political, social, or religious views. 

When someone is radicalised, it means that they have gone through the process of adopting radical positions on political, social, or religious issues. 

Terrorism can be defined as the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat of violence in the pursuit of political change. 

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children and protect them from harm.

Safeguarding means:

• protecting children from abuse and maltreatment

• preventing harm to children’s health or development

• ensuring children grow up with the provision of safe and effective care

• taking action to enable all children and young people to have the best outcomes.

Child protection is part of the safeguarding process. It focuses on protecting individual children identified as suffering or likely to suffer significant harm. This includes child protection procedures which detail how to respond to concerns about a child.

Also known as anti-terrorism, these are the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategy that governments, military, law enforcement, businesses, and intelligence agencies use to combat or eliminate terrorism. 

Ideology is a system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. 

The fundamental British Values are:

Democracy - This is about making decisions together and making sure that everyone has a voice and the right to express their opinion.

The Rule of Law - This means understanding the rules set in place for everyone and why they are important. It's also about following the rules to keep our society and our communities in order.

Individual Liberty - This is about being able to live the life you want to lead without discrimination (as long as you respect others' right to do so as well). This gives us the right to make our own choices.

Mutual Respect - This means treating others how you want to be treated, having respect for other people (even when they are different to you) and working together peacefully.

Tolerance - This involves learning about other people and their religions, cultures and backgrounds. We have to listen to other people's viewpoints and learn about diversity.