PANTS!

Northern Trust NSPCC PANTS Campaign

A campaign to help professionals, PARENTS and carers from the Northern Health and Social Care Trust area have simple conversations to help keep children safe from abuse. The initiative will provide a range of resources and support to help people from all walks of life talk to children about staying safe from sexual abuse and who to talk to if they’re upset or worried.

Since 2012, the NSPCC’s ‘Underwear Rule’ campaign, known as the PANTS campaign, has been supporting parents and carers with children aged between 4 and 8 to start having a simple conversation that can help keep children safe from sexual abuse.

Whilst it’s never the responsibility of a child to keep themselves safe from sexual abuse, talking PANTS helps children to understand they have a right to safety and supports them to recognise when something isn’t okay and how to tell someone.

The key messages for children are:

P – Privates are privates.

A – Always remember your body belongs to you.

N – No means no.

T – Talk about secrets that upset you.

S – Speak up, someone can help.

For more information about the Underwear Rule, PANTS campaign:

visit https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/

or to watch the Pantosaurus video visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyalcd955lg