Thanks to one of our customers who raised this with us earlier and to Mandy, or Safeguarding Lead for her speedy advice repeated below: 'I nternet pornographers have infiltrated a children's gaming site called Roblox. The imagery that children can be exposed to is sexually violent and extremely disturbing. Roblox is designed to be an accessible site for children. But w hilst the games are aimed at 8-18 year olds, there are no age restrictions for users. This means both adults and young people can play and communicate with each other on the platform.  All games  are multiplayer and include a written chat feature, which is visible to players within each individual game. Users can also make and receive friend requests during gameplay and this means that they can chat to each other outside of the game. There is also a section where players use their imagination and skills to create their own games and share these with others. The ability to create and play games c...

Hello all, You will probably have seen recent media reports of the tragic death of a child who had been using a type of inflatable at a seaside attraction. Even more tragic as this has  happened before in the recent past with  the prosecution and sentencing of workers involved with another inflatable related incident which resulted in a child's death.   Until the investigation is done it is not possible to speculate on the cause or the reasons for this tragedy. Understandably establishments and other organisations planning to hire or otherwise use inflatables are considering what action to take, or should be. We have received calls asking us for advice from our customers on it. There are various types of inflatable item ranging in size from small to very large. They have been very popular and are fun to use. It has been realised for many years that despite their apparent soft resilient material which should not, one might think, cause any harm th...