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NSPCC EduCare Partnership Hits Child Protection Landmark

The NSPCC has trained 250,000 people from thousands of organisations* to spot and report child safety concerns this decade, the charity has revealed. in the last ten years, the Society has produced 11 training programs for child protection with distance learning providers EduCare.

Programmes include basic Child Protection Awareness, Keeping Children Safe in Sport, Preventing Bullying Behaviour and Safer Recruitment and Selection. Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur football clubs, the Royal Armouries Museum and the Youth Parliament of the UKare among those trained. Schools, councils, sports clubs, emergency services’ departments, prison and probation services and healthcare bodies across the country have also ordered programmes.

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.

She continued:

“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.”

Keir McDonald Managing Director of EduCare, 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. The abuse scare are 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 2 hundred and 50 thousand 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.”

All training programmes are available in hard copy and online. Child Protection Awareness can be ordered in Bengali, Punjabi, Urdu and Welsh as well as English. If you complete the program you will gain a NSPCC certificate. For further information, visit www.nspcc.org.uk/educare.


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