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Working Together -

Working Together -. a partnership that clearly worked. The Partners. West Yorkshire Police. PC3523 David Cockcroft. How it began. Hammaad Munshi The youngest convicted terrorist in the UK Resident of Dewsbury At 15yrs old, recruited and radicalised on the internet

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Working Together -

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  1. Working Together - a partnership that clearly worked

  2. The Partners

  3. West Yorkshire Police • PC3523 David Cockcroft

  4. How it began • Hammaad Munshi • The youngest convicted terrorist in the UK • Resident of Dewsbury • At 15yrs old, recruited and radicalised on the internet • Convicted August 2008 at Blackfriars Crown Court and sentenced to 2yrs

  5. Do you need a sledge hammer to crack a nut?

  6. Inclusive rather than Exclusive • All communities targeted • Not too explicit to avoid shutting off computers • Not too soft to avoid sentiment that bad things happen but it happens somewhere else • Raise awareness of a variety of concerns about the internet

  7. Kirklees Council • Shakeel Hafez – Safeguarding & Community Engagement Officer

  8. Safeguarding children • Engagement with 50 faith & community organisations attended by approx 10,000 children in Kirklees • ‘Safeguarding Children – Guidance for Madressahs & Supplementary Schools’ - The 48 page booklet: • Provides guidance for safeguarding children and young people who attend madressahs and supplementary schools; • Promotes the effective behaviour management of pupils; and • Discusses methods of ensuring the health and safety of staff and pupils

  9. Capacity building • Capacity building for mosque leaders and madressah teachers – training programme to improve governance and to increase resilience to risks of extremism • ‘eSafety – Safeguarding Children on the Internet’ • awareness for parents regarding internet literacy and online safety • building confidence and resilience to challenge online threats of radicalisation

  10. Generally I’m with Mark Twain • There are three types of lies: • LIES • DAMNED LIES • AND STATISTICS • Mark Twain 1835 - 1910

  11. Just consider these statements • For young people in Britain the internet for the first time has overtaken television as the most indispensable medium (OFCOM 2008) • In 2008 more than a million websites were added every month (Netcraft survey 2008) • In July 2008 Google said they had indexed ONE TRILLION! Web pages

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