Welcome to CAP, the Child Assault Prevention Project.

Our aim is to reduce all children’s vulnerability to abuse.

CAP’s school based assault prevention programmes offer education, guidance and support by giving children positive messages on how they can protect themselves. We work with the whole school community - children, parents/carers and staff, to build on children’s strengths and empower them.

Our workshops provide children with the ability to recognize unsafe situations and the confidence to act on them, so that they can stay safe, strong and free.

In the last fifteen years CAP has worked with over 70% of schools in South Devon and 17 schools within South Somerset. We’ve reached over 73,000 children, young people, their parents/carers and schools staff giving them the skills and strategies to prevent abuse. We have also worked in 12 Special schools with our individually developed curriculum. The Reading team which was launched in 2008 has now worked in 7 primary schools.

CAP is a registered charity, working within the community and voluntary sector and in close partnership and liaison with other voluntary and statutory agencies.

Great News:
We have recently been awarded 5 years of funding from the Big Lottery’s Reaching Communities Grant. This funding will allow us to develop our work and will mean that over the next few months we will be appointing 3 new positions with in our project.

First New Appointment:
Team Leader with Domestic Violence specialism
We are seeking someone to lead our Devon team in their work in Primary schools and to ensure the project meets the needs and reflects the situations of children living with domestic violence. Anyone who is interested in more information please contact our office. The closing date for applications is 25th March 2010.

Devon CAP
35 Fore Street
Totnes
Devon
TQ9 5NH

Tel: 01803 866559
Email:info@devoncap.org.uk

Registered Charity Number: 1056377