Endorsements

‘In our view, ChildSafe is an excellent generic risk management system for organisations to adopt and implement their delivery of programs and services to children and young people. We commend ChildSafe Limited, and have no hesitation in recommending the use of ChildSafe by organisations that deliver programs and services to children and young people.


This recommendation is informed by our recent detailed review of and input into the Team Members Pocket Guide and Team Leaders Guide. This review considered general risk management and child safety principles within the Australian context (but did not include specific State or Territory based legislative obligations).’

- Andrew Lind
Partner, Corney & Lind Lawyers
17 October 2007

 

‘I commend ChildSafe for making a positive contribution to making child-safe, child-friendly organisations a reality.

 

I encourage all organisations that work with kids to take steps to become child-safe and child-friendly. Kids are safer from abuse and harm when organisations adopt good risk management practices and build a culture that respects, values and includes children and young people.’

- Gillian Calvert
NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People

 

‘ChildSafe is one of the most comprehensive training and resource packages available in this field in New Zealand. Organisations and church groups wanting to thoroughly equip and train their workers in safe ministry practice will find this a superlative tool.’

- Sean Pawson
National Children’s Ministry Consultant, Baptist Churches of NZ

 

In Victoria, the Office of the Child Safety Commissioner lists ChildSafe under the heading ‘Suggested helpful organisations and resources’ within their publication A Guide for Creating a Child-safe Organisation.

 

In Queensland, the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian lists ChildSafe as a Useful Reference on a document provided to people attending their training events.

'What is unique about the program is that it can work for schools, for churches etc. I haven’t seen anything else that has the crossover from a risk management perspective, into different parts of the community.The Salvation Army is delighted with Childsafe. It means we have an appropriate level of professionalism and accountability.'
- Sonia Jeffrey
Assistant Territorial Youth Secretary, The Salvation Army Southern Territory

'There is nothing in New Zealand which comes close to what we need in managing risks in a volunteer context. Other camping organisations are asking us about Childsafe, and want to apply it in their contexts. Childsafe definitely leads the way.'
- Meredith MacKenzie
Administration Manager, Scripture Union New Zealand

'Whilst our churches had been addressing these issues already, Childsafe takes us to another level. It adds a discipline to the risk management process. It completes the thoroughness of the system, providing uniform checks and balances. It is a fantastic system which I have already recommended to a couple of other NFP organisations.'
- Keith Booker
General Secretary, Presbyterian Church of Queensland

A range of church organisations who endorse our system are listed here:

  • The Anglican Diocese of Grafton

  • The Apostolic Church of Australia

  • The Baptist Union of Western Australia

  • Churches of Christ Queensland

  • Churches of Christ South Australia / Northern Territory

  • Churches of Christ Western Australia

  • The Lutheran Church of Australia

  • OAC Ministries

  • The Presbyterian Church of Queensland

  • Queensland Baptists

  • The Salvation Army Southern Territory

  • Scripture Union ACT, New South Wales, New Zealand, Northern Territory, Queensland, Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia

ChildSafe is supported and recommended by:

  • Ansvar Insurance

  • Australian Evangelical Alliance