Purpose

This video provides an overview of the Canadian Red Cross Tool  ’ Ten steps to creating safe environments for children and youth’

Overview

The ten steps are:

1. Be aware: Understanding abuse, violence, bullying, and harassment.
2. Look all ways: recognising risks to all children and young people, both male and female
3. Learn the rules of the road: the law and your responsibilities
4. Create a prevention team
5. Be alert: assess the risk in your organisation
6. Develop policies and procedures that work
7. Teach all the adults and all the kids all the issues and staying safe
8. Know how to respond when young people are being hurt
9. Keep working your way through the obstacles and roadblocks. It takes time and dedication
10. Stay on course for safe environments

Usage: Guidance for project implementation, Training

Audiences: Technical staff; Gender and Diversity Practitioners

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A02Ko5Eosro