NICCY: Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People

Protecting Children

This page has lots of information and further reading around the theme Protecting Children. You can use this page to come up with ways to take action.

What are the issues for Protecting Children ?

You can download the NICCY policy briefing on Protecting Children (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4,Page 5, Page 6) and you can also download this is MS Word format here
You can download the NICCY campaign briefing on Protecting Children here (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 6) and you can also download this is MS Word format here
You can download the NICCY workshop on protecting children here
To find out how to use the Make It Right Campaign as an action project for the GCSE in Learning for Life and Work click here

For further information on Protecting Children see further reading section below.

Tell us what you think

You can use the online postcard here to tell us what you think Government should to to make it right.

Make it Right !

Once you have learned all about Protecting Children we want you to take action. There are a number of ways you can do this:

Inform / educate others:

Raise public awareness of issue (e.g. by making a video or writing to your local paper)
Educate a specific group (e.g. do an awareness raising session in your local youth club or you can download the NICCY workshop on protecting children here)
Try to get others involved in campaigning on the issue

Influence change:

Affect legislation (e.g. send a petition to the government or letter to your local MLA)
Influence public opinion (e.g. publish an article in your local newspaper)

Create something:

Write a story or poem about protecting children
Create piece of art or drama about children having their say about protecting children

Community Involvement:

Help others (e.g. join an organisation who works with children in schools)
Address a need (e.g. raise money for a charity who work for the protection of children)

You could do something completely different. There are many ways to help children and young people, and many organisations who can help you.

Tell us about it

It’s really important that whatever you decide to do, tell us so we can use the information to influence government and make change. You can feedback to us in the following ways:

You can use these forms (group feedback, individual feedback) to feedback on any action that you have taken
E-mail us copies of your documents or resources you have created to uncrc@niccy.org.
You can post it to us at:

Make it Right Campaign
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Millennium House
17-25 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7BA

Please Note - information we receive may be used on the NICCY website and in NICCY publications. Please ensure you have the appropriate consent from parents/carers and young people to send us the information.