Press Releases

Local companies and organisations are being invited to recapture their childhoods and compete in a series of fun sporting challenges based on the traditional school sports day. The Derby Business Games return this summer after a six year gap and will be held at...

Workshop Programme Empowers Pupils To Have A Voice

Derbyshire’s leading child exploitation charity, Safe and Sound, has been appointed to work with more than 10,000 school pupils across the city and county to empower and give them confidence to stand up for their friends and intervene safely. Safe and Sound has...

Charity Run for Safe & Sound

Congratulations and thank you to Emma Healy at Kedleston Park Golf Club who has raised £1,000 for Safe and Sound after completing the Derby 10k. Safe and Sound is the golf club captain Brian Spence’s chosen charity this year – inspiring Emma to enter the event for...

Online CRE Workshop – Child Exploitation and online safety – 18th March 2024 -10am

Next week is #NationalChildExploitationAwarenessDay and as part of our awareness programme for March, Safe and Sound wanted to invite to join us for an online CRE Workshop – Child Exploitation and online safety: When: Monday 18th March 2024 Time: 10am - 11am Where:...

Meet Karen – A Change in Career Led to Safe & Sound

Karen Ritchie is a Family Support Worker at Safe and Sound and talks here about how returning to education has enabled her to change her career path and find the job that she loves. My change of career path began eight years ago at the age of 47. Before I had my...

How volunteering opened up new career opportunities for Shannon Rose

Shannon Rose is Safe and Sound’s ChISVA Domestic Abuse Case Worker. Here she talks about how volunteering opened up new career opportunities for her. I was changing careers and started volunteering at SHOUT, the crisis text line, and after speaking to people who...

PIB Insurance Choose Safe and Sound As Charity of the Year

The Derby office of a national specialist insurance brokers has pledged to raise money for local charity Safe and Sound over the next two years. PIB Insurance Brokers in Wyvern Business Park choose a different charity to support every two years and organise a...

Innovative App Provides Additional Security For Local Charity

Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity Safe and Sound has piloted a new on-demand security service for its support workers and outreach teams. Safe and Sound support young people and families across the county whose lives have been affected by child...

Safe and Sound Supports Safer Internet Awareness

Derbyshire’s specialist child exploitation charity Safe and Sound has joined thousands of organisations across Europe to highlight the potential dangers of the internet – particularly for children and young people. Safer Internet Day (Tuesday 6 February 2024) aims...

Tracey Harrison, Safe and Sound Charity, Derby

Festive Bikers Join Toy Run Convoy

More than 180 bikers joined a festive convoy to deliver Christmas joy to vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people across the county. The riders, dressed in festive costumes, were led by Derbyshire police’s Upright Derbyshire team and the support team...