Prevention of radicalisation
Training to safeguard vulnerable people from being radicalised
St Brelade’s College understands its responsibilities under the Counter Terrorism & Securities Act 2015 to prevent people of all ages being radicalised or drawn into terrorism and seeks to meet its obligations following its policies and procedures. Radicalisation and extremism are both forms of abuse and staff, hosts, residence staff, group leaders are made aware that all such concerns need to be reported in line with our usual child protection procedures and policies in place. St Brelade’s College teaching staff are obliged to complete an online Prevent awareness training course.
Terminology
- Radicalisation is defined as the act or process of making a person more radical or favouring of extreme or fundamental changes in political, economic or social conditions, institutions or habits of the mind.
- Extremism may refer to elements such as racism, homophobia, right-wing ideology and religious extremism. Our aim is to provide vulnerable students of any age, faith, ethnicity or background with support to prevent them being exploited by pro-terrorism organisations and engaging in terrorist activity themselves.
- Terrorist material could include:
- articles, images, speeches or videos that promote terrorism,
- content encouraging people to commit acts of terrorism,
- websites made by terrorist organisations,
- videos of terrorist attacks,
- messages intended to stir up hatred against any religious or ethnic group,
- bomb-making instructions.
Additional useful resources include the antiterrorist hotline and the UK government form for reporting terrorist material online.
