Child Safe Standards

What are the Child Safe Standards?  

The Child Safe Standards (“The Standards”) provide a framework for making organisations safer for children. They aim to promote the safety of children, prevent child abuse, and ensure organisations have effective processes in place to respond to and report all allegations of child abuse. 

The Standards work by:
•    Driving change in organisational culture by embedding child safety in everyday thinking and practice
•    Providing a minimum standard of child safety across all organisations
•    Highlighting that we all have a role to keep children safe from abuse

Why do the Child Safe Standards matter?  
The Child Safe Standards in each state are designed to meet the requirements for implementing the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations (National Principles) – these are high-level principles that set out a national approach to creating organisational cultures and practices that promote the safety and wellbeing of children in Australia.
They matter because they establish a legally binding, preventative framework to protect children from abuse and drive meaningful cultural change within organizations. They ensure child safety is embedded in everyday practice rather than treated as an afterthought.

Field & Game Australia is committed to building practical, sustainable child safe practices across our branch network, supported by existing sector guidance and tailored to the realities of volunteer-run sporting clubs 

•    Child safety is everyone’s responsibility  
•    FGA is committed to creating safe environments for children and young people
•    Branches are not expected to become experts overnight
•    National Office will support branches through the process 

More information on the Child Safe Standards and National Principles can be found at:

Australian Human Rights Commission - child safe organisations

National Office for Child Safety

Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP) - Child Safe Standards

By State:

Victoria

New South Wales

Tasmania

Queensland

South Australia

Northern Territory

Australian Capital Territory