Prevent Duty

Briefing Length: 1.5 hours

Course Leaders: Louise Cox (Prevent Officer)

Audience: Specifically for Nottingham City PVI practitioners (Day Nurseries, Preschools and Childminders)

Briefing Summary:

Since July 2015 all registered early years childcare providers and registered OOSCs have been subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015.  This duty is known as the Prevent Duty and requires providers to have:

  “Due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”.

Aims:

This briefing will provide practitioners with an understanding of the Prevent Duty and fundamental British values supporting mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.