Welcome to Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership
The Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership, known as the DSCP, supports a wide range of organisations to coordinate Early Help and safeguarding services across County Durham. By working together organisations are better able to identify and respond to the needs of children and young people. The DSCP fulfils a wide range of responsibilities to support safeguarding activity in County Durham, some of these are legal responsibilities and others are local arrangements agreed by the partnership. Find out more about us.
News and Events
- DSCP Annual Report 2024/2025
The Durham Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report 2024/2025 is now available on our Annual Reports page. - Safeguarding Week 2025
The booking for Safeguarding Week 2025 is now open Dates: Monday 17 November to Friday 21 November 2025 The theme… Read more: Safeguarding Week 2025 - Information sharing: Harm Outside of the Home (HOTH)It is only through sharing information that agencies or organisations and practitioners build a richer picture of the day-to-day life… Read more: Information sharing: Harm Outside of the Home (HOTH)
- Information Sharing – How we share information in Durham
Sharing information could change a child’s life; if you think a child is at risk, you can share information to… Read more: Information Sharing – How we share information in Durham