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29/06/2006
Government recruits volunteers to tackle child sex abuse
The UK's first dedicated organisation focused on tackling child sex abuse is seeking young volunteers to help in its work.
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, which was launched earlier this year, is seeking volunteers aged between 11 - 16 to work with them in reaching out to children and young people with vital 'safety first' messages.
Jim Gamble, Chief Executive of the CEOP Centre, said: "Our aim is to eradicate child sex abuse and to recognise in particular the intrinsic link between the virtual world of the internet and the real world. That is to say that we recognise the benefits of the internet and the opportunities it opens up, but also, like any other public place, we also see the dangers it potentially hides and the reality that where children go then the child sex offender will follow.
"But adults are in many ways the visitors when it comes to the internet. Children and young people are the natives. It is now such an integral part of their everyday lives - another member of the family if you like - and we have to hold our hands up and recognise that as adults we are not always best placed to talk to our children.
"But talk to them we must. Fundamental to our work is raising awareness of the dangers amongst children and young people and to empower them to take the necessary safety steps so that they can enjoy the benefits with the freedom they deserve."
Helen Penn, CEOP's lead education co-ordinator explains the role of the new CEOP Youth Panel, said: "Peer to peer communications is vital. It is a fact that sometimes the best way to get something done is for an adult to ask a child or teenager not to do it. That is reality. Similarly, how can we design awareness tools and know that we are talking the same language as the school playground, the same terminology as young people use when they are online, or indeed covering the areas that they are using day-in-day-out.
"We can't and we shouldn't even try. That is why we are asking young people from across the UK to come forward and to work with us."
(KMcA/GB)
The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, which was launched earlier this year, is seeking volunteers aged between 11 - 16 to work with them in reaching out to children and young people with vital 'safety first' messages.
Jim Gamble, Chief Executive of the CEOP Centre, said: "Our aim is to eradicate child sex abuse and to recognise in particular the intrinsic link between the virtual world of the internet and the real world. That is to say that we recognise the benefits of the internet and the opportunities it opens up, but also, like any other public place, we also see the dangers it potentially hides and the reality that where children go then the child sex offender will follow.
"But adults are in many ways the visitors when it comes to the internet. Children and young people are the natives. It is now such an integral part of their everyday lives - another member of the family if you like - and we have to hold our hands up and recognise that as adults we are not always best placed to talk to our children.
"But talk to them we must. Fundamental to our work is raising awareness of the dangers amongst children and young people and to empower them to take the necessary safety steps so that they can enjoy the benefits with the freedom they deserve."
Helen Penn, CEOP's lead education co-ordinator explains the role of the new CEOP Youth Panel, said: "Peer to peer communications is vital. It is a fact that sometimes the best way to get something done is for an adult to ask a child or teenager not to do it. That is reality. Similarly, how can we design awareness tools and know that we are talking the same language as the school playground, the same terminology as young people use when they are online, or indeed covering the areas that they are using day-in-day-out.
"We can't and we shouldn't even try. That is why we are asking young people from across the UK to come forward and to work with us."
(KMcA/GB)
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