Last reviewed: May 2025
Our duty under the Prevent strategy — how we identify and respond to risks of radicalisation.
Download signed PDFPrevent is part of a Government initiative to develop a robust counter terrorism programme – CONTEST. The UK faces a range of terrorist threats. All the terrorist groups who pose a threat to us seek to radicalize and recruit people to their cause. The Prevent strategy seeks to:
extremism, and the threat we face from those who promote these views
and ensure they are given appropriate advice and support
which needs to be addressed, including education, criminal justice, faith, charities, the internet and health
A system of threat level has been created which represents the likelihood of an attack in the near future. The five levels are:
Critical- an attack is expected imminently Severe – an attack is highly likely Substantial – an attack is a strong possibility Moderate – an attack is possible but not likely Low – an attack is unlikely
The current threat level from international terrorism in the UK is substantial which means that a terrorist attack is a strong possibility.
Creative Process Digital are a training provider for the 16-25 age group, particularly young people from ethnically diverse, and socially and economically disadvantaged areas. The age and profile of our students make it crucial to be involved in the Prevent Strategy. Creative Process Digital has a part to play in fostering shared values and promoting cohesion. Creative Process Digital will focus on the risks of violent extremism, which represents the greatest threat at national level, while recognizing that other forms of violence and extremism can and do manifest themselves within training setting.
This policy has five key objectives:
open debate; and to listen and support the learner voice.
including by supporting inter-faith and inter-cultural dialogue and
understanding, and to engage all students in playing a full and active role in wider engagement in society
bullying, harassment and discrimination
sources of advice and guidance
responsibilities in preventing violent extremism.
In order to achieve these objectives, the policy will concentrate on four areas;
To provide an ethos which upholds core values of shared responsibility and wellbeing for all learners, staff and visitors and promotes respect, equality and diversity and understanding. This will be achieved through:
society, learner voice and participation
deal with them
agencies
To provide a curriculum which promotes knowledge, skills and understanding to build the resilience of learners by undermining the extremist ideology and supporting the learner voice. This will be achieved through:
cohesion
of learning
To ensure that staff are confident to take preventative and responsive steps working with partner professional, families and communities. This will be achieved through:
behaviour
community partners
processes
To ensure that Creative Process Digital monitors risks and is ready to deal appropriately with issues which arise. It will do this through:
this may impact directly or indirectly on Creative Process Digital
Digital and from external influences
news that may impact on learners and communities
incident within Creative Process Digital
The designated member of staff at Creative Process Digital for Safeguarding and Prevent is: Stephen Burkes 01273 232 273 stephen@creativeprocessdigital.com
The Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) is: Darrel Clews 01273 295 643 darrel.clews@brighton-hove.gcsx.gov.uk
The Local Authority Prevent Education Officer:
The contact email for Prevent at Sussex Police is: Channel.Prevent@brighton-hove.gov.uk
This policy will be kept up to date, will be reviewed at least annually and is signed by Creative Process Digital’s CEO.
Review Date: 25th April 2025
Previous Date: 8th April 2024
Activities
of Prevent and of the regular feeds of organizations to contact (quarterly duty now placed on information related to work with on checks) the organisation? Prevent included in the Prevent Guidelines meetings. checked (quarterly)
leaders and with three Prime involvement in updates on managers actively contractors and links the three training and engaged with into their Prevent networks and awareness external partners strategies and support. ensure that including police and Strong links with local information is local Prevent authority and Sussex disseminated to coordinators? Police Prevent Officer all staff and followed up.
Hold annual meetings with the local authority safeguarding officer to keep abreast of local issues facing the community.
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organisation have contacts with the three meetings with regular contact with Prime contract holders the Prime
coordinators? Coordinators. Coordinators.
organisation have included within the All Staff are Maintained clear and visible Prevent policy rather requested to policies in place than a separate Policy. complete covering staff, Prevent Training learners, learning Prevent training is part for Support Staff and infrastructure of CPD and is (ETF) annually (and use of completed annually. and invited to premises), capable the annual
of identifying where Prevent staff or learners may Workshop with be drawn into external prevent terrorism? channel coordinator for area
organisation’s included within the appropriate Prevent related Prevent Policy rather messaging, policies in keeping than a separate policy ensure with the Equality Act and is in keeping with increased 2010 and do they the Equality Act 2010. activity related cover learner to Prevent does welfare, including not impact equality and negativity on diversity, the safety equality and of learners and staff, company and relationships culture. with external bodies and community groups who may use premises, and/or work in partnership with the organisation?
organisation have a complaints policy and included in annual based as clear and visible a separate Whistle Whistle Blowing part of the overall policies and Blowing Policy. Policy. policies within procedures for Creative Process managing whistle- Digital blowing and complaints?
organisation effective in working meetings with contact (quarterly contacted your with relevant Prevent the Prime checks) relevant local coordinators we do this Prevent Guidelines Prevent FE through the three Coordinators. checked coordinator or police Prime contractors to (quarterly) Prevent officer to ensure that self- ensure you are assessment is carried carrying out the self- out in the most assessment and the effective way. creation of an action plan in the most effective way?
organisation complete online complete online undertake safeguarding and training
appropriate training prevent training. annually. and development for Directors, leaders and staff? 10 Does the Yes, the Company British Values Induction training organisation ensure promotes values of are embedded including that opportunities respect, tolerance and within our classroom and within inclusion. These culture, Respect online training Apprenticeships are values are embedded Agreement, (including used to promote within the curriculum. approach to certification) British values of Equality and “democracy, the rule Diversity, Part of progress of law, individual behaviour reviews liberty and mutual management, undertaken every respect and anti-bullying and 8-12 weeks with tolerance for those learner voice, coach when with different faiths assessment and beliefs”? takes place and recorded on review (questions and answers assessment)
with look at Prevent scenarios that explore how to identify, be resilient to and protect against radicalizing influences.
have an training. complete online understanding of the training factors that make annually. people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism?
sufficient training to training. complete online received an be able to recognise training overview of this vulnerability and annually. Prevent through be aware of what induction and action to take in complete the response? ETF online training modules.
organisation a designated designated appointed a safeguarding officer safeguarding
specialist for Prevent officer appointed training and if so do following they understand the appropriate processes and training policies in place when vulnerability has been identified? Do they know when to make referrals to the Channel programme and where to get additional advice and support?
14 Does your Yes, the Company has Policies in place Maintained organisation have a robust Safeguarding (reviewed robust procedures Policy and procedure in annually) internally and place. Radicalization is externally for sharing included as part of the Hold annual information about Prevent policy and staff meetings with vulnerable know who/how to refer the prevent individuals? This concerns to the education officer should include Safeguarding Team. to keep abreast information-sharing of local issues agreements where There are also facing the possible partnership community. It agreements in place will examine the with Prime contract various acts in holders. place as well as how to identify changes in behaviour or type of action leading to radicalization.
15 Are activities Yes, the company ETF staying safe included within works with apprentices online training existing session on this alongside their module (latest structures which training coach. version) enhance learner resilience, for example, internet safety sessions and activities to improve critical thinking? 16 Does your Yes, through Embed into staff Maintained organisation raise observations of development. through training awareness and teaching and and reviews confidence among assessment tutors and engage colleagues about the
importance of critical thinking skills?
17 Does your Yes, learners have Maintained and organisation have access to pastoral communicated sufficient pastoral support from their There are formal care and support for training coach and the reviews and all learners, programme manager. assessments according to the and well as needs of your informal open particular channels for all organisation? learners, employers and staff
organisation have held at the training policies and centre. procedures in place for the management of events held on the premises? The policies should apply to all staff, learners and visitors and clearly set out what is required for any event to proceed.
organisation have held at the training advance notice of centre. events taking place including an outline of the topics to be discussed and sight of any presentations or footage to be broadcast?
organisation have a held at the training system for centre. assessing and rating risks associated with any planned events, providing evidence to suggest whether an event should proceed or be cancelled, or whether mitigating action is required?
organisation have a Local Authorities. mechanism for managing incidents or instances where off-campus events of concern are promoted on campus?
23 Does your All learners undergo Delivered as part organisation have training as part of their of induction. Both policies relating to induction to the in the classroom the use of IT on the programme. (part of lesson premises? Do your plan) and policies on general through online usage contain certified training specific reference to the duty or the misuse of computer equipment?
organisation use filtering system in place software filtering as a means on pcs to prevent updates from of restricting access access to sites which registered to harmful content are unsuitable/harmful. providers and to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism?
use IT in the course Communication Policy of their learning. Does your organisation have clear policies in place to identify and address instances where online materials are accessed for curriculum purposes?
