Child protection charities are being urged to apply for a fully funded consultancy service to help improve the impact of their work to prevent child sexual abuse and support victims.

Being launched by global charity Spring Impact, the Scale Accelerator: Preventing Childhood Sexual Violence service has been fully funded by funder the Oak Foundation.

The service aims to give intensive training to child abuse prevention charities, including those working in schools, in the community, offering parent support and running self-defence sessions.

This includes tailored support “for a select group of NGOs” being offered by child sexual abuse experts for three years. Issues covered include lobbying government, forming partnerships with other child protection organisations, “or using a different approach” to tackling child sexual abuse, said Spring Impact.

Another strand of the support is a six-month training programme to train two senior members of charities “in the skills, knowledge, and frameworks needed” to improve their work combating abuse.

The application deadline for the service is 11:59pm on Monday 25 September. The service is being offered to charities with a record of protecting children in the UK or EU that have been running for at least two years.

"There are incredible NGOs across the EU and UK which tirelessly to prevent children from experiencing any form of sexual violence,” said Spring Impact programme director Hannah Barker.

“By providing fully funded consultancy support, Scale Accelerator: Preventing Childhood Sexual Violence aims to empower these ambitious organisations and their leaders to unleash the full potential of their solutions, expanding their reach and influence.”

Oak Foundation head of evidence and solutions Helena Duch added: “We are excited to support this programme and help effective solutions bring about change at a much larger scale, strengthening the movement to end childhood sexual violence, and ensure children can lead safe, happy childhoods.”

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