Keeping Children Safe

Every five minutes, a child dies from violence. Every day, in every country, children are abused, beaten, raped and more. Too often, the abuser is someone the child knows and trusts. They may even work for an organisation that’s meant to help children. A sports club, school, aid organisation, or peacekeeping force. But they abuse their power and the child’s trust. Tragically, it’s children in already desperate situations who are most at risk. It could be a refugee child fleeing conflict. A boy or girl living in poverty. A teenager living with a disability. Or a Roma child facing stigma and discrimination. 

Keeping Children Safe is an independent not-for-profit. We set out internationally recognised child safeguarding standards that ensure all organisations working directly for and with children have comprehensive safeguarding measures in place. Our independence means that our standards and advice are not influenced by any other organisation or government.

Our standards are recognised amongst others by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (formerly DFID), the European Commission (EC), USAID, and the UN, and enable organisations of all types and sizes to implement rigorous policies, processes and audits that protect children from abuse. That means training staff to understand appropriate language and behaviour. Encouraging teams to run background checks on recruits. And helping families and communities to understand what they can do to support young people. Because together, every day, we’re keeping children safe.

Keeping Children Safe’s core mission is to make sure children everywhere are safe from harm.