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 Northern Grid has been working with Northumbria Police to develop teacher resources within a web resource that contains a wealth of crime prevention information and personal safety advice aimed at youngsters. Issues such as alcohol, awareness, drug misuse and bullying are all featured on the site, with information on where to get help and what is and isn't legal.
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Young people, parents and teachers can now get information about Northumbria Police at the touch of a button after the launch of a new youth website.
Called ebeat, it's been designed with help from school pupils and teachers and features interactive sections, advice and information and a range of educational resources.
Resources available include specially developed lesson plans which teachers can use in school. The first lesson plan, covering alcohol awareness was launched earlier this year, with an interactive tie-in game also available on the site.
The second set of lesson plans have just been added and cover anti-social behaviour.
The new site also contains a wealth of crime prevention information and personal safety advice aimed at youngsters. Issues such as alcohol, awareness, drug misuse and bullying are all featured on the site, with information on where to get help and what is and isn't legal.
There is also advice on a career with the force, including how to go about becoming a Northumbria Police officer.
Web Services Team Leader Ian Sparham, said: "We're always looking at ways of making our information as accessible to as many as possible but before now we've had no dedicated site for young people.
"Teenagers can be a challenging audience to reach and that's why young people have been closely involved with the content."
"Our aim with the new website is to make it as interactive and informative as we could and we hope young people will go online, have a look around and let us know what they think of it."
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Published on Wednesday 5 October 2011 09:09
SCHOOLCHILDREN are being encouraged to take part in an online meeting with police officers.
Pupils from junior and senior schools are being invited to use the virtual meetings to pose questions to officers and find out how their community is policed.
Officers will also ask the young people what they think about policing.
Inspector John Smith, from Killingworth neighbourhood policing team, said: “This is the first time we’ve involved schools in North Tyneside in online meetings just for pupils.
“We want to encourage young people to get to know their local officers and find out what we do to help them and their families.
“Our officers see schools, pupils and staff as very much part of the community we police and want to continue to build strong relationships with them.
“We think that asking pupils to contact officers online from school will help us do that.”
The meetings will take place on Wednesday, October 19, via the Northumbria Police website for young people, specifically designed for children.
Officers have set up two meetings, one for six to ten-year-olds and a second for 11 to 16-year-olds.
The youngsters will take part via the youth police site ‘Ebeat’, which is aimed at teenagers and ‘My Pod’, which is an interactive portal for children, parents and teachers to learn about policing and what officers do to protect the public.
The website contains fun games and activities aimed at different age-groups with key messages to help inform children about their police officers and the importance of their safety.
Insp Smith added: “We hope to get a good response to our first school on-line meetings and then aim to run them on a regular basis in the future.”
Visit: www.northumbria.police.uk/ebeat/mypod or www.ebeat.org.uk
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