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Child abuse falls into several different categories. These can include the following:

  • Physical abuse – deliberating hurting a child e.g. hitting, punching or physical chastisement, causing injuries such as bruises, broken bones, burns or cuts.
  • Emotional abuse – ongoing emotional maltreatment of a child including rejection, constantly threatening, or criticising a child so that they feel unloved and worthless. This can also include exposure to domestic abuse in the home.
  • Sexual abuse – forcing or persuading a child to take part in sexual activities, including inappropriate touching, kissing or sexual intercourse. This can also involve causing a child to look at or be involved in pornographic material
  • Exploitation – using a child for gain, either sexual or criminal
  • Neglect – failure to care for a child’s basic daily needs including food, clothing, medical care, shelter, keeping them safe, education and nurturing

More information on the different types of abuse can be found on the NSPCC website.

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Although not an exhaustive list, some signs to look for in contact with individuals at risk of harm of abuse include:

  • unusual injuries, including bruises, burns, fractures, bite marks or signs of self-harm
  • consistently poor hygiene, poor living conditions or inappropriate clothing
  • communicating aggressively or using sexual language
  • appearing withdrawn, guarded, anxious or frightened, particularly around certain individual
  • hearing or seeing shouting, violence, or intimidation
  • adults keeping children from view
  • unsupervised children visiting a house where only adults live.
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Type of enquiries that can wait include:

  • When a professional or practitioner would like to contact Tower Hamlets MASH Child Protection Advice Line (CPAL) to have a conversation about a concern they have for a child that might lead to a referral – but the child or young person is not at immediate risk of harm 
  • When a professional or practitioner would like advice
  • For cases that are NOT open to Tower Hamlets, any issues around contact arrangements between children and their parents
  • For cases that are NOT open cases where one parent has been taken to hospital, but the other parent or family members are caring appropriately for the child
  • *Note: If a/your child has an allocated social worker, please call the allocated social work directly or ask to speak to the team’s Business Support Officer.

Visit Tower Hamlets function/explanation and the privacy notice page to read the children service social care notice.

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Along with any support we can offer, you may be eligible for support from The Princes Trust.

You can access a selection of webinars from industry experts on areas including Bringing Your Offline Business Online, How to Build a Powerful Digital Content Strategy, and How to Sell on Amazon.  View the full list of available seminars.

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The Business Growth Team offers support in locating suitable premises for your business in local co-working and affordable spaces. For more information on this please visit the Affordable workspace and premises page. You will also find links and information to support your search for commercial premises. 

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Understanding the many sources of funding potentially available to your business can be difficult. From banking finance including secured and unsecured loans, overdrafts and credit cards to government backed grant schemes, angel investment and borrowing from friends and family, there are many options to consider.

British Business bank, a government owned business development bank can provide information and advice on where and how to access funding for your business.

The council and other local support organisations run projects which can include providing grants targeting specific businesses. Please keep an eye on our projects and opportunities page for up-to-date project information. You can also register to receive our weekly business newsletter to keep informed of upcoming projects.

If you pay business Rates, you may be eligible for business rates relief, please visit our business rates pages for more information.

You can also search on the GOV.UK website for sources of finance and support for your business.

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If you are setting up or taking over a food business, you need to register your business at least 28 days before trading or before food operations begins. Register your food business 

For general information relating to your food business, including inspections and regulations, please visit the food safety and information pages.

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Matching London small businesses to support | Grow London Local

The Grow London Local digital platform and local Business Support Managers are dedicated to helping London’s small business owners, giving free access to all the support you need to grow your business in London.

Make the most of the resources and guidance available to you and your business, such as:

  • events
  • programmes
  • e-learning and
  • blogs.

We’ll help you navigate the business support available so that you can focus on doing what you love and running your business.

No matter where you’re based in London, you will find relevant support and guidance on:

  • business planning,
  • sales
  • marketing
  • and much more.

As well as opportunities to connect with like-minded business owners.

British Business bank, a government owned business development bank can provide information and advice on where and how to access funding for your business.

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Legal Foundations is a not-for-profit LawTech startup that has a wide variety of free legal documents and guides that can help you get your business up and running. For example, they host free generators for website terms and conditions, website privacy policies, employment contracts, and more.

qLegal  provides practical, client-centred legal support to entrepreneurs and start-ups. Their primary focus is innovative clients involved in green tech, health tech and ed tech and also creatives, including for-profit, non-profit and social enterprise businesses. With supervision from practising solicitors at City law firms, our postgraduate law students provide free legal support across three programmes:

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Tower Hamlets Sustainable Development Team have created a Carbon Footprint Tool to help organisations calculate carbon emissions. The tool will generate a greenhouse gas report which can be used to monitor emissions over future years. The tool also provides tips and advice on ways to reduce carbon emissions.

Watch Using the Carbon Footprint Tool in our masterclass series for detailed information on completing the tool and understanding your carbon emissions.

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