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Play your part in public protection – join our alliance against harm
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Within our communities there are people who are at risk of harm. These could be our friends, family, neighbours, customers or clients. They won’t all be able to seek help by themselves.
You see – public protection is everyone’s business. They need people like you and me to step up and be there for them.
It’s time to act against harm. Make a public protection pact to ensure that there is zero tolerance of harm against any member of East Ayrshire’s communities.
We want people who live, visit and work in East Ayrshire to join a proactive community that does not tolerate harm. This involves:
Within our communities there are people who are at risk of harm. These could be our friends, family, neighbours, customers or clients. They won’t all be able to seek help by themselves.
You see – public protection is everyone’s business. They need people like you and me to step up and be there for them.
It’s time to act against harm. Make a public protection pact to ensure that there is zero tolerance of harm against any member of East Ayrshire’s communities.
We want people who live, visit and work in East Ayrshire to join a proactive community that does not tolerate harm. This involves:
Share Types of harm on FacebookShare Types of harm on TwitterShare Types of harm on LinkedinEmail Types of harm link
Harm is any harmful conduct.
Some examples of this are:
Physical: hitting, slapping, pushing, shaking, being locked in a room against your will
Psychological: threats of harm, being isolated, humiliation, intimidation, causing distress, verbal abuse, bullying, blaming, constant criticism, controlling, depriving contact with others
Neglect/Self-Neglect: failure to provide or access medical or physical care, access to a doctor or other services the person may need, denying someone medication, food or heating, privacy or dignity
Self-Harm: refusal to eat or drink, drug/alcohol misuse, cutting, burning, scalding or hitting parts of own body, calculated and dangerous risk taking, banging head or other parts of the body, swallowing harmful substances, overdosing
Financial: stealing, fraud, pressure to hand over or sign over property or money, misuse of property or welfare benefits, or stopping someone getting their money or possessions
Sexual: any sexual activity that a person doesn’t understand and/or want, which includes contact that is made through social media
Harm is any harmful conduct.
Some examples of this are:
Physical: hitting, slapping, pushing, shaking, being locked in a room against your will
Psychological: threats of harm, being isolated, humiliation, intimidation, causing distress, verbal abuse, bullying, blaming, constant criticism, controlling, depriving contact with others
Neglect/Self-Neglect: failure to provide or access medical or physical care, access to a doctor or other services the person may need, denying someone medication, food or heating, privacy or dignity
Self-Harm: refusal to eat or drink, drug/alcohol misuse, cutting, burning, scalding or hitting parts of own body, calculated and dangerous risk taking, banging head or other parts of the body, swallowing harmful substances, overdosing
Financial: stealing, fraud, pressure to hand over or sign over property or money, misuse of property or welfare benefits, or stopping someone getting their money or possessions
Sexual: any sexual activity that a person doesn’t understand and/or want, which includes contact that is made through social media
