Young Children Possibly In Danger

[hc4361]

I am very concerned about three siblings - I believe they could be harmed by their mother's new fiancé.

I have scant details about the mother - just her name and town. Who should I contact, preferably anonymously?

I have thought long and hard about taking action and feel I have no choice but to.

[Tilly2]

I don't understand how you can know so little about the mother but so much about the man.

What action are you going to take?

[EvianBaby]

Social services for her area is probably the best option. I'd imagine they would want some more details though.

[baza]

contact their nearest social services and then you can take a back seat.

[sherrardk]

NSPCC, the police in that area, social services?

[daffy654]

NSPCC, you can do it online anonymously and they will inform the police and social services in the area where the family live. You don't need many details of the family but do need to clearly explain why this man is a risk to them for anything to be done.

[hc4361]

I will see about contacting Social Services.
The man is known to me and I have been told he has moved in with this mother and her young children.

[daffy654]

http://www.nspcc.org.uk/help-and-advice/worried-about-a-child/the-nspcc-helpline/how-to-contact-us/how-to-contact-us_wda89787.html

[AlwaysConfused]

Well done h4 for starting to take action. Too many people turn a blind eye.

[grasscarp]

NSPCC would be my preferred route. They will not say where they got the information.

[EvianBaby]

Neither will social services.

[vic-lou]

what about contacting the school the children go to? they have all the correct contacts and may have noticed something themselves

[Rainbowdust]

There's young children in danger and you're here and with a very vague post so no one can even give you the correct advice???

What are they in danger from? A paedophile? Someone who may murder them? A kidnapper?

My first port of call would be the police, this call would be logged and then the police could run a background check, organise a raid etc..

Those saying call social services, haven't any of you seen the news? Instances not logged, paperwork lost, the police not being called when they needed to be and there are too many examples but let me draw your attention to the sham which was the Baby p case.

Hc4361, i implore and beg you to inform the police asap for these kids safety as if any harm ever comes to them you may have to live with the result of your actions or indeed inactions for the rest of your life.

[boxtops]

Do it, all the reporting phone lines are anonymous if that worries you. Better to do it and be wrong, than not doing it and reading about it in the paper afterwards.

[EvianBaby]

Rainbow, that's a ridiculous statement about social services. The things you see in the news are exceptions, which is why they're in the news. The police don't exactly have a sparkling track record either.

I have current, first hand experience of social services doing their absolute best for children considered at risk.

[Rainbowdust]

Evian baby, there are KIDS IN DANGER who need HELP ASAP, why go the long route of going through ss when you could get immediate assistance which could save their lives within a matter of seconds by dialing 999 rather than going through several automated phonecalls to get through to ss?

I know what i'd do if children were in danger.

[EvianBaby]

That's fine, I just took exception to your generalisation of all social services.

[woofgang]

well done hc, you could do both you know...police and SS

[Rainbowdust]

Okay i apologise for the generalisation this was said in panic.

Woofgang has the right idea. Phone the police about your immediate concerns and then back that up straight after with a call to social services.

[AlwaysConfused]

OH was concerned about a situation the other day and called the police. They only called back today, but took a lot of details and are taking the matter seriously. He said he wouldn't be able to live with himself if something happened to a child without at least alerting the authorities. (He didn't know address or names, either)

[chrisgel]

hc4361 - If this man is a concern then you presumably know something about him. If he has any sort of record for harming children then the police should have him on a register somewhere. If you are just going on a rumour or hearsay then the only way I can see of checking it out is via the police. So either way the police should be your first contact.