Thank you for visiting ECSA.
We are currently working on a new website which will be relaunched in 2020 with additional information and functionality.
If you know of an intervention which may be considered for inclusion please contact us at ecsa@lucyfaithfull.org
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:
Unspoken Words/Le Parole Non Dette
A personal safety skills programme designed to teach child sexual abuse prevention skills for use with children in primary schools.
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Advocacy and Legal
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Book/Guide
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Classroom Setting
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
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
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 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
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
Kid & Teen Safe: An Abuse Prevention Programme for Youth with Disabilities
A school-based prevention education project to assist in empowering children, youth and young adults with disabilities to understand and advocate for their rights to personal safety and to learn skills that can help reduce the risk of violence.
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Classroom Setting
Let's Talk About Sex - Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health
A book for older children and teenagers that talks about all aspects of sex and sexual development.
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Book/Guide
Looking out for Lottie
A programme aimed to educate professionals about the key aspects of online child sexual exploitation and aimed to provide young people with information about grooming methods. Includes a video about a girl called Lottie who met a boy called Jake and the progression of their relationship.
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Classroom Setting
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Group Work
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Individual Work
Mates and Dates
A healthy relationship programme for high school students.
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Classroom Setting
Respectful Relationships
A class based programme for 12-18 year olds, focusing on positive relationships and respect.
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Game
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Group Work
Safe Dates
Group educational programmes to teach young people how to prevent emotional, physical and sexual violence on dates.
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Classroom Setting
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Theatrical
Sex and Ethics: The Sexual Ethics Education Programme for Young People
A 180 page education programme for young people which can be used by organisations working with the target group. It is supported by a 200 page book Sex and Ethics which explains the research underpinning the programme as well as evaluation data.
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Book/Guide
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Classroom Setting
Teen Boundaries Sexual Bullying Programme
A programme for 10-18 year olds which aims to prevent sexual bullying, peer on peer sexual exploitation and promotes positive gen der relationships by challenging attitudes and promoting tolerance, understanding and cohesion. Delivered in a school setting.
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Classroom Setting
That's Not Cool: A Bystander Intervention Online Campaign
That's Not Cool is a national public education campaign, that uses digital examples of controlling, pressuring and threatening behaviour to raise awareness about teen dating abuse.
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Online/App
The Fourth R
The Fourth R is a school-based programme that addresses dating violence, substance abuse and risky sexual behaviour. Students learn about conflict resolution, decision making and active listening, as well as clarifying myths and facts about relationships.
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Group Work
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Theatrical
Today's Children, Tomorrow's Parents
A psychoeducational life skills programme integrated into the school curriculum for High School students designed to address risk factors for teenage pregnancy and to strengthen future parenting practices as well as prevent sexual violence in relationships.
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Classroom Setting