The Prevent duty was introduced by the Government in 2011. The aim of the strategy is to reduce the threat to the UK of terrorism by stopping people becoming radicalised or supporting terrorism.
Radicalisation is defined as the process by which people come to support terrorism and extremism and, in some cases, to then participate in terrorist groups.
Young people have been targeted and attempts made to radicalise them to develop extreme views; local councils and other organisations have a duty to support vulnerable young people to protect them from harm. This is done through the Channel Process.
Children should be protected from all violent extremism including, but not restricted to, those linked to Islamist ideology, or to Far Right / Neo Nazi / White Supremacist ideology, various paramilitary groups, and extremist Animal Rights movements.