Staying Safe: The Labour Government's Action Plan: April 2010
Staying Safe was a major consultation which provided the opportunity for the Government to consult with parents, children, young people, our partners and the children's workforce on children's safety.
In response to the consultation the
Government published the Staying Safe Action Plan. The Action Plan
outlines the key commitments the Government will be taking forward over
the current Comprehensive Spending Review period (April 2008 - March
2011) to improve children and young people's safety.
Staying Safe is the first ever action plan on improving
children and young people's safety, and its main aims are to:
- raise awareness of the importance of safeguarding children and young people
- promote better understanding of safeguarding issues, encourage a change in behaviour towards children, young people, their safety and welfare
- ensure work in this area is coherent and effectively coordinated across government
- reinforce existing activity by implementing a range of new commitments.
To download a copy of the Staying Safe Action Plan, please go to the ECM Online Publications page or to the 'Staying safe: Action plan' page. To order a hard copy, please contact Prolog on 0845 602 2260, quoting reference number: 00151-2008DOM-EN.
Staying safe: Next steps
The Staying Safe: Action Plan set out a number of commitments to be taken forward during the Comprehensive Spending Review. These include:
- the establishment of a new Child Safety Education Coalition to ensure that more children have access to fun and practical safety education opportunities
- the creation of a new National Safeguarding Unit for the Third Sector to provide advice and assistance to organisations in the third sector on their safeguarding policies and procedures
- working with the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) on new guidance and training on safer recruitment
- funding a new £18 million Home Safety Equipment Scheme, targeted at disadvantaged families living in areas with the highest accident rates for the 0-5 age group
- launching new guidance and training for tackling bullying, including cyber-bullying, which takes place outside schools
The new PSA to improve children and young people's safety will drive delivery of the actions and underlines the priority which the Government attaches to this issue. At a local level, the PSA is reflected in the National Indicator Set (NIS) for Local Government. The NIS will measure national priorities. For children and young people's safety, there are 16 indicators in the NIS.
Staying Safe: Action Plan (689.7Kb)
PSA 13- Improving children and young people's safety (38.5Kb)