The project
Who built Safe Spaces, the partner organisations, and how this Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership works.
find out moreCourse 4
· 45 minutes
· English, French, Romanian and Lithuanian
· Certificate on completion


Risk assessment is the part of safeguarding that prevents harm rather than responding to it. This course explains the difference between a hazard and a risk, how to score risk by likelihood and impact, and how to build a risk register your organisation will actually maintain. It covers what changes when a project involves participants under 18, travel, overnight stays, online sessions or partners in other countries, and how to turn an assessment into an action plan with named owners and deadlines.
Project coordinators, safeguarding leads, and anyone who plans activities.
Explain the difference between a hazard and a risk
Score a risk by likelihood and impact, and justify the score
Complete a safeguarding risk assessment for a planned activity
Identify which additional measures apply for under-18s, travel, residentials and online sessions
Convert identified risks into an action plan with owners and deadlines
Follow the procedure for a project running in more than one country
Fill-in activities using the risk register, the six-step procedure for cross-border projects, and a final knowledge check. Nine documents are included in the course for you to download as you go.
The course opens in a focused browser player. Allow about forty-five minutes; your progress is kept only while this course page remains open.
Launch course 4You may download, adapt, translate and republish any of these materials, including in your own training. We ask only that you credit the Safe Spaces project.
Safe Spaces is an Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership in the field of Youth, running from September 2025 to September 2027.
Who built Safe Spaces, the partner organisations, and how this Erasmus+ Cooperation Partnership works.
find out moreWhat safeguarding looks like across the European youth sector, and where the gaps are.
find out moreSafe Spaces is the work of four partner organisations and a number of people who gave it their time, expertise and honest criticism.
The Safe Spaces Toolkit, the seven eLearning modules and the research underpinning both were produced by:
Renee Wolforth, independent Protection and Safeguarding Consultant, reviewed both the Toolkit and the eLearning modules.
Sian Bagshaw, Expert in Safeguarding Processes and Policy, reviewed the Toolkit and endorses it.
Four organisations across Europe built Safe Spaces together.