Pre-Project Planning

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Training and checks you need to complete with SKIP:

  • E-learning safeguarding children module

  • Branch in-house child protection training with relevant country and project specifics

  • Big Weekend child protection training

  • DBS/PVG/Access NI checks

  • Child Protection mapping tool


Criminal Record Checks

  • All volunteers

  • Renewed yearly

  • Prerequisite to acceptance as a volunteer


Child Protection Mapping tool 

  • This is a tool that all branches fill out before project.

  • It helps us identify known child protection issues within each project country and what governmental, regional and local services there are present currently working within the area of child protection.


Other Training

There is a whole host of additional Child Protection training available within SKIP. 

This includes at events such as:

  • Big Weekends

  • Project Coordinator training day

  • Group Leader Training day


Ask your branch!

If you are a project volunteer, it is really important that you get branch specific child protection training for the country you’re going to. 


If you have any concerns that you haven’t recieved this or you are a branch member and you’re not sure how to deliver this training please email anna.mcloughlin@skipkids.org.uk


SKIP Child Protection Policy

  • All SKIP members should be aware of SKIP’s child protection policy

  • It is renewed every 3 years

  • Contains full details of our operating procedures and reporting details

  • You can find it back on the main page or on the website- please have a look at it.

Last modified: Tuesday, 17 November 2020, 1:23 PM