Update on Prevent in Warwickshire

In January, we appointed Geoff Thomas as the new Prevent Officer for the County, following the departure of Helene Heath who we thank for all her hard work in post.

Many of you will already have met and had the benefit of listening to Geoff sharing his knowledge and expertise about this agenda. Geoff has been involved with Prevent for over 12 years, having led on Prevent in Dudley, Coventry and now Warwickshire. Geoff has also served as the Chair of the Dudley and Coventry Channel Panels as well as being a current member of Warwickshire Channel Panel. He brings extensive experience of partnership working in this area, supporting schools and engaging local communities.

Geoff provides a range of training support on this agenda and the current range of options is outlined in the document below: 

Prevent Update: New training opportunities

This training can be accessed by:

• booking individuals onto the corporate training programme;
• linking with the Education Safeguarding Service training courses;
• arranging on-site courses delivered by Geoff specifically for your school staff.

If you have any queries on Prevent, whether that be deciding on the right training option, booking onto a course or questions about wider Prevent issues such as risk assessments, Prevent procedures or resources then please contact Geoff Thomas on 01926 855020 or email geoffthomas@warwickshire.gov.uk