Make a referral about a child
In Cornwall this goes to the Multi Agency Support and Safeguarding Hub (MASSH).
Phone: 0300 123 1116
Out of hours: 01208 251300
Local safeguarding contacts › Cornwall
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Cornwall
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Cornwall 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 Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Safeguarding Children Partnership (Our Safeguarding Children Partnership, OSCP; shared with Isles of Scilly)’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: 01872 326536
Email: lado@cornwall.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Cornwall describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
OSCP Continuum of Need (September 2026)
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