The NSPCC charity has trained nearly 250,000 people in the last decade for a wide assortment of societies to spot and report child safety concerns. With 11 Educare child protection training programmes available, the NSPCC provides training in basic Child Protection Awareness, Keeping Children Safe in Sport, Preventing Bullying Behaviour and Safer Recruitment and Selection.
NSPCC director of training and consultancy, Enid Hendry said –
We are incredibly encouraged that so many groups understand the need to undergo this training. Their staff are now in a better position to recognise and report abuse and ensure that a child’s safety remains paramount. It’s everyone’s responsibility to protect children. From the head teacher to the dinner lady, the sports club manager to the part time volunteer. NSPCC Educare programmes help equip everyone to play their part in keeping children safe.
Among the many companies that have chosen to be trained by the NSPCC Educare programmes include Premier league football clubs Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, the Royal Armouries Museum and the UK Youth Parliament. Many schools, councils and sports clubs across the UK have also ordered programmes to held them to be aware of child protection and awareness.
Managing Director of EduCare, Keir McDonald said –
We have a wonderful team of committed staff, each one making a unique contribution to this work and I am both thrilled for them and proud of their achievements. Abuse scars for life and the price that the child and society pays is immeasurable. We must never accept the excuse of ‘we thought the child was being abused, but didn’t know what to do about it’. Our job is to eliminate ignorance and provide people with the knowledge and confidence to act if they feel that a young person is suffering abuse. Over 250,000 people will now understand how their intervention can help. If what we have done means that just one child has been saved from becoming another victim, our work will have been worth it.
