Talking to Children  about Safety in their communities.

We work with children aged 8 – 13 to find out what they think about safety in their neighbourhoods and how it could be improved to help children  feel safer. Children are involved through our Safety Squads which have been funded by the Big Lottery.

Worried about Bullying?

We work with local primary schools to support a bullying prevention programme called Playground Buddies which helps to keep children feeling safer at school.  We have also been funded by Children in Need to run SNAP groups to help children who have been affected by bullying or need support with building their confidence and self-esteem.

Safety Work in Schools.

We teach children simple personal safety skills based on the Protective Behaviours programme.  Children involved in the schools’ safety programme have presented at national conferences and been awarded The Princess Diana award for their work.  All of our work in schools is complementary to PSHE and SEAL curriculum materials. Schools can go to our Training page for more details.

Children have a say too.

We run a Peer support forum to bring together children who are involved in our different programmes of work. We are also working with children to develop a Children’s Board which will help to advise and direct our organisation.