Over the past four years we have worked with children from Bevendean Primary School to look at ways of to help them feel safer in their community.

The members of the ‘Safety Squad’ , have surveyed other children to find out what their worries are and they then take information about their safety concerns to local action group meetings and suggest ways in which these areas can be made safer for all of the children. They have also successfully fundraised for new equipment for their local park.

The Safety Squad have held events at school to raise awareness about their community such as a “We Love Bevendean” disco where they asked other children their views on safety issues. They also made a 3-D display of the area which they used to map safe or unsafe areas for children. The group have recently produced a puppet show and film to be show to older children who had been vandalising the local park to raise awareness of the impact of graffiti and damage to the new equipment.

We have also worked with children in Whitehawk and Moulsecoomb in partnership with The Crew Club, Communities against Drugs and the Fire Service as part of a Safety After School Club.

 For more information contact Emma.Lacey@safety-net.org.uk