National Child Protection Week: 2-8 September 2018

White Balloon Day is recommended in Outcome 6 in The National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020 and endorsed by the Council of Australian Governments.

Bravehearts, now in its 22nd year, is Australia’s leading voice for child protection. White Balloon Day is Australia’s longest running annual national awareness campaign for the prevention of child sexual assault.

With 1 in 5 children sexually harmed in some way before their 18th Birthday, your support for White Balloon Day is an important step toward protecting the children in their communities.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Register for National White Balloon Day
Friday 7 September 2018

You can help Bravehearts National Child Protection Campaign by encouraging your school to participate by registering at whiteballoonday.com.au.

Once registered, you will have access to FREE resources to send a vital message to families, schools, institutions and organisations that they are committed to preventing this crime that affects 58,000 Australian children every year – that’s one child every 90 minutes.

Bravehearts provides FREE resources to promote White Balloon Day in the media and across social media and online platforms to help build child safe communities.

These resources can also assist in informing local institutions of Bravehearts’ specialised online child safety information, resources, education and training programs.

In 2018, with your help, we can reach more Australian’s in more communities than ever before with this vital child protection message.

In 2018, we hope you will join us and invite your families to support the campaign by registering to promote child safe communities in multiple ways:

• Provide a news story on your website or within an e-newsletter to your members about White Balloon Day
• Participating members issue a media release to local media - Utilise the pre-prepared media release available from our website.
• Promote White Balloon Day in industry media – Invite support for White Balloon Day and National Child Protection Week to promote your support for child safe communities.
• Display posters in the workplace – Download White Balloon Day and Bravehearts’ posters featuring Bravehearts child safe messages for display all-year-round.
• Utilise White Balloon Day assets across all your communications – share on your website, newsletters, e-newsletters and social media platforms –
• Hold a White Balloon Day event for your staff - Inform staff of the need to create child safe communities.
• Conduct a fundraising activity – Invite staff to wear purple or white for White Balloon Day and help Bravehearts continue our vital work to improve child protection throughout Australia.
• Feature Braveheart’s ‘Parent Tip Sheet’ on your website and distribute to members – Feature a link to download Bravehearts’ FREE Personal Safety Parents’ Guide bravehearts.org.au/personalsafety
• Promote child safe messages on your website – Link to Bravehearts’ website all-year-round to provide members with online access to Bravehearts’ specialised resources and services bravehearts.org.au
• Conduct Child Safe Training for staff who may work with children - Bravehearts offers training solutions at bravehearts.org.au/what-we-do/education-and-training.

Every Australian child has the right to feel safe and every adult and organisation has a responsibility to help protect the children in our society. With your support in promoting White Balloon Day to your members, you’ll be helping to make Australia the safest place in the world to raise a child.

Please support this child protection initiative and register to download our FREE resources today.