This site is a free toolkit.
It is provided by Lucy Faithfull Foundation - a child protection charity based in UK.
It is for everyone who cares about children – schools, police, social workers, NGOs, local and national governments.
It will help you prevent children from being sexually abused.
With this toolkit you can design a local plan that fits your needs.
This web site will help you:

Understand child sexual abuse.
Decide what kinds of child sexual abuse are a problem in your area, city, country.

Plan solutions that fit your needs.
See solutions others have used from around the world.

This ECSA toolkit is all about preventing the sexual abuse of children.
Download
Welcome to the ECSA toolkit.pdf
downloadwhat is child sexual abuse?
There are many forms of child sexual abuse.
Different places and cultures have different issues.
Download
What is child sexual abuse.pdf
downloadhow to prevent child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse is preventable - it is not inevitable.
It is a public health problem which requires interventions across all levels of society.

Steps towards prevention
The download document below explains the process of abuse and how abusers overcome barriers to abuse.
It also shows how those barriers can be made stronger, so that abuse is prevented.
These barriers involve:
- The individual at risk of abusing
- The child or young person at risk of being abused
- Protective adults and young people
Preventing abuse theory
The download document (below) outlines how child sexual abuse can be prevented by taking a public health approach to the problem.
The document explains what is required to address the problem effectively, using interventions and programmes targeting specific groups.
These interventions can be made at different stages of life and at various stages in the abuse process.
Here are some first steps you can take

Think about child sexual abuse in your community
What are the strengths in your community? What are the problems?

Bring people together
Who can you ask to help? Who can help prevent child sexual abuse?

Decide a way forward
Which problems are most common and need to change first?
Download
First planning meeting.pdf
downloadThese documents (below) will help you create a child sexual abuse prevention strategy

Developing your strategy
What to think about when planning a strategy? What sort of things should it include?

A working tool
Plan and record your own strategy.

Strategy template and examples
Example strategies which will help you when planning your own strategy.
Interventions and resources from across the globe
The map below shows where the international interventions and resources on this website have come from.

Identify interventions of interest
You can use the left hand search function below to find the interventions and resources that are most relevant for you.
Note: the descriptions of interventions and resources below are based on published research or documentation from the relevant organisation. Where available, evaluation information is included. Inclusion of an intervention or resource in this toolkit is not necessarily an indication of effectiveness; more of promise. When using an intervention or resource from this website, you will need to adapt it to make it relevant to your own context.
Please contact us with any feedback and information about additional interventions that could usefully be included:
Access to Justice
A service which advocates for children’s rights, provides free access to legal aid for child victims of sexual (and other) abuse and engages with communities to provide information about sexual abuse.
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Classroom Setting
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Group Work
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Public Education
Be Safe! Prevention Programme
Be Safe! is a personal safety programme for children aged 5 to 9 years. Through positive, non-threatening, simple key messages and child-friendly learning resources. Be Safe! introduces young people to the concepts of: children's right; safe and supportive friendships; adult's responsibility to protect children from harm; privacy and simple and effective Personal Safety Rules.
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Classroom Setting
Body Safety Training
A series of ten lessons for parents or teachers to deliver to children aged 3-8 which cover body safety as well as general safety.
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Classroom Setting
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Individual Work
Break the Silence
Three animations on DVD accompanied by discussion toolkits which examine child sexual abuse. 1) A child sexually abused by her father (Daughter). 2) another child abused by a paedophile (A Good Boy). 3) The story of two sisters who end up as sex slaves in a brothel.
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Classroom Setting
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Film
Chelsea's Choice
A theatre play which tells the story of ‘Chelsea’, a teenager who is sexually exploited performed by young to young people in schools and other learning environments.
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Classroom Setting
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Theatrical
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Workshop
A workshop delivered to secondary caregivers whereby information on child abuse and neglect is conveyed through use of videos, cases studies, activities and discussions.
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Classroom Setting
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Group Work
Childline Schools Service
A prevention programme delivered by trained volunteers in primary schools. Uses a large assembly and smaller interactive classroom sessions.
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Classroom Setting
Don't Lose!
An educational campaign focusing on commercial sexual exploitation. Leaflets, posters and online banners were used in English, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian. Preventative workshops were also delivered to young people and a helpline was made available.
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Classroom Setting
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Phone
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Public Education
Dynamics of Sexual Abuse Workshop
A workshop for professionals and other adults designed to provide guidance, advice, education and support to those in a position to act to protect children.
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Classroom Setting
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Group Work
Dzimba Safety Program
A nice-session education programme for 5-11 year olds aiming to prevent child sexual abuse by improving children’s self-esteem and confidence; increasing their capacity to disclose; and improve the skills of adults to receive a disclosure.
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Classroom Setting
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Game
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Group Work
ECPAT Supporting Marginalised Youth in Peru
Group based educational activities delivered by men to groups of boys in High Schools designed to prevent sexual violence and commercial sexual exploitation through examining gender roles and norms and harm caused by abuse.
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Classroom Setting
Expect Respect - USA
A school based educational programme promoting safe and healthy relationships for young people.
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Classroom Setting
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Counselling
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Group Work
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Individual Work
Expect Respect UK
A toolkit for addressing relationship abuse, for use with primary school children and secondary school young people. It challenges attitudes of teenagers towards violence and abuse.
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Classroom Setting
Good Touch Bad Touch, Asia Puppets Flipchart
A personal safety skills programme for use in schools or other settings which can either be delivered through a puppet/flipchart presentation or an online presentation.
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Classroom Setting
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Theatrical
Growing Up with Yasmine and Tom
A programme to assist teachers to deliver Personal, Social and Health Education within the school setting. Includes 50 age appropriate lessons and activities as well as lesson plans, animations and videos. Covers topics such as the body, feelings, relationships, family life and online safety.
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Classroom Setting
Guide to Relationships and Sex
A range of sex education DVDs for children and young people, including those with disabilities.
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Classroom Setting
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Film
Healthy Youth Relationships Programme
A workshop programme which explores healthy and unhealthy peer romantic relationships focussing on dispelling stereotypes, building communication and prevention skills, and empowering youth to make healthy relationship choices.
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Classroom Setting
Hedgehogs
A primary prevention programme delivered in primary schools consisting of 5 lessons using interactive activities and scenario based learning.
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Classroom Setting
Internet Safety Seminars - Primary School Children (9-11 Years)
One hour verbal interactive presentations to 9-11 year olds using powerpoint slides and short films aimed at helping children stay safe online.
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Classroom Setting
Internet Safety Seminars for Parents
Internet Safety Seminars for parents to educate them on how to protect their children online.
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Classroom Setting