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What we did
How the needs assessment was carried out — desk research, the survey, how many organisations, how many countries, focus groups and interviews — will be published here when the project team supplies the text.

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How the needs assessment was carried out — desk research, the survey, how many organisations, how many countries, focus groups and interviews — will be published here when the project team supplies the text.
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Four to six headline findings, each with a figure, will appear here.
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In practice, this section will connect the findings to the toolkit and the courses.
Executive summary available in English, French, Romanian and Lithuanian.
Title, number of pages and publication date to be supplied.
Presenting to your board, funder or National Agency? Key findings as editable slides, free to reuse with attribution.
These materials were shaped by youth workers and young people across Europe who took part in the project's research and focus groups. They told us what actually happens in their organisations rather than what is supposed to happen, and much of what is most useful here exists because they were candid with us.
Authors, year, title and web address to be supplied.
You 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.