Safety House

Introduction

The Safety House Programme is a community-based and-funded programme with a network of easily identifiable houses and businesses for use by children whenever they feel unsafe whilst in the community. A Safety House can be a house, a shop or a business. The programme also aims to play a proactive role in community safety, by providing safer neighbourhoods for our children and personal safety education programmes within participating schools.

Aims

To deter persons from coming into an area and approaching children whilst in the community; To provide personal safety education programmes to children in participating schools. Through safety houses, to greatly improve the chance that if a child runs into the premises; -

(a) someone will be there; and

(b) they will be given help and assistance

What does the programme teach children?

To recognise the Safety House symbol as:

(a) a square plastic plate yellow in colour; with

(b) a black triangle showing a house with a smiling face;

(c) the "Working Together" logo; and

(d) the Queensland Police Service logo.

To recognise Safety Houses as:

(a) houses with a Safety House plate on or as close as possible to the letter box.

(b) commercial premises/business using the same sign but usually slightly larger and near the front door.