ACYP undertook focus group consultations with 608 children and young people to hear their views on creating child safe organisations. The consultations involved children and young people from all across NSW including Greater Sydney, Hunter, Illawarra-Shoalhaven, North Coast, Central West and Orana. ACYP adopted a two-staged approach with Stage 1 involving focus groups and Stage 2 consisting of a poll with 1,000 children and young people aged 12-24 years across NSW. This feedback was presented in a report ‘Consultations with children and young people on creating child safe organisations’.
Some of the key findings in the report show that children and young people feel safe in organisations that make them feel welcome; demonstrate a commitment to child safety; employ friendly and helpful staff and provide regular opportunities for children and young people to voice their opinions. They offered recommendations for child safe organisations, some of these include: that organisations provide regular opportunities for children and young people; that organisations develop their safety guidelines and procedures in consultation with children and young people and that children and young people are explained all their rights.
Download the child safe organisations report.
Click here to access the NSW child and young person unintentional injury prevention report.
