Who we are

Safety Net is an independent registered charity which aims to promote safety and wellbeing for children, young people and families, in the home, school and community. Our aim is to find ways to work together with communities to keep children and young people safe.

Working Together to keep children safe

Safety Net’s programme is a unique and creative approach to promoting children’s safety. It was founded on the Whitehawk Estate, Brighton in 1995 through a multi-agency and local resident partnership, with the aim of preventing child abuse using community development methods. We began in a campaigning role, directly around child abuse prevention, but quickly discovered that such a head-on approach was too unsafe for most parents. As a result, the project looked for a less threatening way of working, which resulted in the adoption of the Protective Behaviours process as a framework for our work. We now take a broader view and address abuse issues within the wider context of Keeping Children Safe.  We work in partnership with schools, parents, children, community groups, voluntary and statutory agencies to raise awareness of how keep children safe.

Our Vision
To build Communities where all children, young people and families have the right to feel safe and have the responsibility to keep others safe

Our Mission
To provide services and training to improve the safety and well-being of children, young people and families, at home, school and in their communities

For more information see the About Us leaflet.

To find out more about Protective Behaviours go to Protective Behaviours

For more information about our services go to Children and young people or Families or Training sections