Make a referral about a child
In Blackpool this goes to the Request for Support Hub.
Phone: 01253 477299
Out of hours: 01253 477600
Local safeguarding contacts › Blackpool
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Blackpool
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Blackpool makes a referral, raises an allegation about a member of staff, and finds the local threshold document. Every link goes to the council’s or Blackpool Safeguarding Partnerships’s own pages.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
Allegations about staff: the LADO
For a concern that an adult working with children may have harmed a child or may pose a risk. When to contact the LADO
Phone: 01253 477541
Email: lado@blackpool.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Blackpool describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Working Well with Children & Families in Blackpool (Parts 1, 2 & 3) (Parts 1 and 2: 2026 v2)
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