Basically, they asked schools and hospitals and councils and so forth to keep an eye out for children and vulnerable adults being radicalised into terrifying terrorists. They offer short and not very nuanced courses. The reality is that well-meaning or power-tripping local authorities very rarely find real terrorists but do refer a lot of children to this.
The majority of referrals are of children under 15. This can sometimes be for very little reason - little Timmy drew a gun so he's a white supremacist. Ironically, it often leads to frankly racist referrals of Muslims or Conservatives for citing mainstream views.
Just to explain this for non-British folks here. This is not quite as bad as it seems, it is however a government foul-up.
Here in Britain, the government wants to stop terrorism. Unfortunately, it is no better at that than it is at anything else. So it made this organisation called Prevent which is intended to stop vulnerable youths and adults from being turned to terrorism. Unfortunately, it is not very good according to an official review published by the BBC.
Basically, they asked schools and hospitals and councils and so forth to keep an eye out for children and vulnerable adults being radicalised into terrifying terrorists. They offer short and not very nuanced courses. The reality is that well-meaning or power-tripping local authorities very rarely find real terrorists but do refer a lot of children to this.
The majority of referrals are of children under 15. This can sometimes be for very little reason - little Timmy drew a gun so he's a white supremacist. Ironically, it often leads to frankly racist referrals of Muslims or Conservatives for citing mainstream views.
It is worth reading the PreventWatch website.
"the government wants to stop terrorism"
LOL