008. Finding Your Path with Sharon Doughty

Sharon is a former television presenter and motivational speaker who presented at Tedx Norwich 2019.   She is the founder of the Dot Com Children’s Foundation and creator of a range of resources which empower children to speak up about issues that frighten or worry them.   Sharon is an adviser to the police nationally about the safeguarding of children and is currently working to turn the range of paper-based resources which have a strong track record with schools into a digital wellbeing programme.   The new digital resource has already been cited in DFE guidance for teaching online safety. In 2014/15 as a journalist and survivor of child abuse, she was appointed media spokesperson and panel member advising the government on the setting up of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse under the Home Secretary Theresa May.  She is currently a consultant on the safeguarding group to the Chief Constable of Essex, Steven Kavanagh who leads the national strategy on digital crime.Hermans LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hermanstewart/This show was brought to you by Progressive Media Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.