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Kidscape is a London-based charity established in 1985, by child psychologist Michele Elliott. Its focus is on children's safety, with an emphasis on the prevention of harm by equipping children with techniques and mindsets that help them stay safe.
After a 1984–1986 survey of 4000 children, their parents and teachers, it was apparent that the main threat to children came from people known to them – bullies, friends, or family members. Kidscape's Child Protection programmes are now taught UK-wide in thousands of schools and community groups.
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National Suicide Prevention Alliance
Kidscape web site
* {{Authority control 1985 establishments in the United Kingdom Anti-bullying charities Charities based in London Children's charities based in the United Kingdom Organisations based in the City of Westminster Youth organizations established in 1985
Kidscape is a London-based charity established in 1985, by child psychologist Michele Elliott. Its focus is on children's safety, with an emphasis on the prevention of harm by equipping children with techniques and mindsets that help them stay safe.
After a 1984–1986 survey of 4000 children, their parents and teachers, it was apparent that the main threat to children came from people known to them – bullies, friends, or family members. Kidscape's Child Protection programmes are now taught UK-wide in thousands of schools and community groups.
Activities
Kidscape's work falls into four main categories: * Providing children, families and professionals with advice and information to keep children safe. * Providing a range of training opportunities for professionals working with children and young people to support the provision of safe and nurturing environments. * Delivering high impact programmes of support for children, parents, care-givers and professionals to prevent bullying and keep children safe. * Working through a variety of communication channels, partners, campaigns and events to raise awareness of bullying and how to stop it.Work with external organisations
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National Suicide Prevention Alliance
Awards
* In 1998 Smith Kline Beecham awarded Kidscape an Impact Award recognising Kidscape's work in improving community health. * In September 2000, Kidscape was named UK Charity of the Year in the first Charity Times awards. * In 2007 Kidscape was Highly Commended in the 2007 Charity Awards Children and Youth category and Michele Elliott was Highly Commended in the Charity Principal of the Year category. * In theNew Year Honours 2008
The New Year Honours 2008 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 29 December 2007, to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 2008.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and a ...
, Michele Elliott was awarded an Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
by HM the Queen in recognition of her services to children.
Patrons
Kidscape's patrons are children's author and journalistAnthony Horowitz
Anthony John Horowitz, (born 5 April 1955) is an English novelist and screenwriter specialising in mystery and suspense.
His works for children and young adult readers include ''The Diamond Brothers'' series, the '' Alex Rider'' series, and '' ...
and Dame Mary Perkins
Dame Mary Lesley Perkins, (born 14 February 1944) is an English billionaire who is the co-founder of Specsavers, the British retail optometry chain.
Together with her husband, co-founder and chairman Doug Perkins, Dame Mary has three childre ...
, co-founder of SpecSavers
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.
Controversy
The effectiveness of Kidscape's methods for handling bullying behaviour were criticized in 1997 for not being benchmarked against other methods for preventing bullying. In some cases other education experts felt that Kidscape's methods might encourage further bullying.''Crying for Help: The No Blame Approach to Bullying'', George Robinson, Barbara Maines, Page 9, However, a 2018 independent evaluation of Kidscape's approach found that 98% of children felt more able to deal with bullying and three-quarters experienced a significant and sustained drop in bullying.Evaluation of Kidscape's ZAP Programme, M&E, June 2018References
External links
Kidscape web site
* {{Authority control 1985 establishments in the United Kingdom Anti-bullying charities Charities based in London Children's charities based in the United Kingdom Organisations based in the City of Westminster Youth organizations established in 1985