Educate 2 Protect

Introduction

Educate 2 Protect is a hard-hitting pilot aimed at educating adults about the dangers of child sexual abuse and how sex offenders are managed within the community.
The Home Office funded scheme will speak directly to parents, carers and guardians with the aim of informing them how they can best protect children and young people from sexual abuse.
The pilot will initially work in five areas in Birmingham, which have been chosen by population size and demographic breakdown to ensure a wide spectrum of the community is represented:

• Sutton Four Oaks
• Aston
• Handsworth Wood
• Sparkbrook
• Kings Norton

Aims

• To empower the public to better protect children, young people and vulnerable adults from sexual abuse
• To increase public understanding of how sex offenders are managed within the community

Objectives and key messages

• To take every opportunity to promote that ‘Safeguarding is everybody’s business’
• To provide adults with the information they need to recognise worrying behaviour and the confidence to take appropriate action when they suspect that a child is at risk from sexual abuse
• To inform communities of the facts concerning sexual offending behaviour and the management of risk

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