Guidance

Key principles of Prevent

The key principles of Prevent set out information to help you if you are considering making a Prevent referral.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 23 February 2026

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Prevent is about stopping people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. It sits alongside long-established safeguarding duties on professionals to protect people from a range of other harms, such as substance abuse, involvement in gangs, and physical and sexual exploitation.

Prevent seeks to intervene early and ensure that people who are susceptible to radicalisation to terrorism are supported as they would be under safeguarding processes.

The key principles of Prevent set out information to help you if you are considering making a Prevent referral.

Published 23 February 2026