Every Child Everywhere

This online child protection training course was launched in 2009 by the travel association ABTA who developed it jointly with ECPAT UK.

Every Child Everywhere offers to help us develop and follow child protection policies and procedures. It is available to anyone, not just those working in the travel industry.

This course consists of 3 modules:

  1. Following Child Protection Policies & Procedures 
  2. Implementing Child Protection Policies & Procedures
  3. Developing Child Protection Policy and Procedures

This attractive course uses case studies and interactive exercises. Links are provided throughout to relevant organisations and sources of information for further exploration. I estimate it takes about one hour to work through each module, and much longer if you download & read all the literature. I think the second and third modules would be a really useful starting point for organisations who are developing their own Child Protection Policies & Procedures, as many of the principals are fundamental to a wide range of settings.

Link: http://www.abtaelearning.com Registration & login required.

For personal, non commercial use only © All rights reserved by ABTA.

Looked-after young people on whether it’s OK to share

This is an audio recording from The Guardian‘s wide range of audio and podcasts.

In this two minute recording young care leavers talk about whether they let people know that they were in care, as part of a sound installation at the Foundling Museum. It is a companion recording to that I looked at yesterday.

This recording was originally published on 24 May 2011 for a general public audience. It can be downloaded as an mp3 and kept.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/audio/2011/may/24/looked-after-young-people-shared-background-foundling-museum-audio

Guardian podcasts are for personal and non-commercial use only. © All rights reserved by The Guardian.

Leaving care was the best day of my life

This is an audio recording from The Guardian’s wide range of audio and podcasts.

In this two and a half minute recording, young people talk about their experiences of leaving care, as part of a sound installation at the Stories of the World exhibition at the Foundling Museum. This recording was originally published on 24 May 2011 for a general public audience. It can be downloaded as an mp3 and kept.

I think recordings like these are particularly valuable as they can reduce the need for service-users to give their accounts repeatedly.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/audio/2011/may/24/leaving-care-young-people-foundling-exhibition-audio

Guardian podcasts are for personal and non-commercial use only. © All rights reserved by The Guardian.