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 April 2025 NE Prevent Newsletter – A Sunshine-Filled Welcome!

 

Hello everyone,

 

Thanks for bearing with us for this slightly later edition – we’ve been soaking up the Easter spirit (and the sunshine!) and hope you have too. Whether you spent the break hunting eggs, recharging your batteries, or simply enjoying the glorious weather, we’re glad to be back and bringing you all the latest from NE Prevent.

 

It’s feeling a lot like summer here in Yorkshire – and we’re not complaining! 

 

 

As always in this edition, you’ll find:
🔹 The latest threat assessment for the UK
🔹 Upcoming free Prevent training events
🔹 Key dates to mark in your calendar

 

Substantial

The on-going terror threat level - The UK Threat Level is Substantial which means a terrorist attack is likely.
 

News from the Department of Education

 

Virtual Sessions

 

 

Prevent in Education Virtual Sessions from the DfE

Over the forthcoming year 2025, DfE Regional Prevent Education Coordinators (RPECs) will be delivering training sessions aimed at designated safeguarding leads and school governors to support them in understanding the Prevent duty and their safeguarding responsibilities in protecting young people from radicalisation and extremism.

 

Prevent in education: training for designated safeguarding leads (DSLs)

 

Please click on the button below see all available dates and further details.:

Virtual Training Sessions (Regional Prevent Education Coordinators) - GOV.UK

Additional Virtual Training Sessions

 

Sitting outside of the above training offer, some of our RPECs deliver their own sessions that you might be interested in attending.

 

Our London RPEC delivers 4 sessions on a regular basis including a Prevent induction/refresher, an introduction to incels, an online platforms and extremist content session, and a gaming and extremism session.

Click here to see the available dates for the London RPEC's training sessions.

The East Midlands RPEC also deliver 2 sessions on a regular basis including a Prevent awareness session tailored for staff in education, and a session aimed at FE skills providers subject to the Prevent duty.

Click here to see the available dates for the East Midlands RPEC's training sessions.
 

Resource Reminders:

  • Prevent duty self-assessment tool: further education - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) [FE specific]
  • Prevent legislation, guidance and resources - The Education and Training Foundation (et-foundation.co.uk) [FE specific]
  • Educate Against Hate - Prevent Radicalisation & Extremism
  • Going Too Far? (lgfl.org.uk)
  • The Prevent Duty in higher education (HE): training and guidance for practitioners - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) [HE specific]
  • Test Your Internet Filter | SWGfL Test Filtering
  • Prevent duty: risk assessment templates - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
  • Prevent duty guidance: Guidance for specified authorities in England and Wales (publishing.service.gov.uk)
  • The Prevent duty: safeguarding learners vulnerable to radicalisation - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
 

Prevent Policy Relates Article

Independent Review on the Classification of Extreme Violence – Southport Attack, 29 July 2024

On 13 March 2025, Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, published a comprehensive report examining the classification of extreme violence in the context of the Southport attack.

Key Findings from the Executive Summary:

✅The current legal definition of terrorism is sufficiently broad and does not require further expansion.

✅Strategies and insights from counterterrorism efforts are applicable when assessing risks posed by individuals motivated to commit extreme violence, whether driven by personal grievance or without ideological motivation.

✅The government is encouraged to consider the introduction of a new offence—modelled on existing terrorism legislation—to address the planning of non-terrorist mass casualty attacks.

 

More Information:  Click Here
 

Dates of Interest...

 

 Learning at Work Week

19th – 25th May 2025


🔗 www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk
A brilliant opportunity to engage in workplace learning, upskilling initiatives, and leadership development.

 

Festival of Learning - Have a Go Month

1st – 30th June 2025


🔗 www.festivaloflearning.org.uk
A celebration of lifelong learning, featuring free courses, workshops, and career-enhancing experiences.

 

Why our Operations Director is becoming an Apprentice... 

 

At Azesta, we don’t just talk about lifelong learning - we live and breathe it. And now, it’s one of our own stepping boldly into the world of apprenticeships!

 

We’re incredibly proud to share that our Operations Director, Rachel Fort, has officially enrolled on the Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) at the University of Leeds. For Rachel, this marks the start of an exciting new chapter in her personal and professional growth - and it’s a powerful reminder that learning truly never stops.

 

In our recent blog, Rachel shares what inspired her to take this leap, how she plans to balance study with work and family life, and what she hopes to gain from the journey. From Strategic Management to Business Accounting, she’s diving deep into a four-year programme that will sharpen her leadership and enrich her contributions to the L&D community.

 

As someone who’s supported countless apprentices over the years, Rachel is now walking the path herself, demonstrating that it’s never too late to learn, grow, and inspire those around you!

 

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