Introduction
The Help at Hand Toolkit is a portfolio of materials that can be used by a range of groups and individuals to promote the aims of ’Sdim Curo Plant!/Children Are Unbeatable!. The aims of ’Sdim Curo Plant!/Children Are Unbeatable! (SCP!/CAU!) are:
- To change the law so that children and young people have the same protection from being hit as adults;
- To have a public education campaign about why ’smacking’ children is not OK;
- For parents to have information and practical advice and support about alternatives to ’smacking’ and using a positive approach to bringing up children.
The purpose of the toolkit is to provide materials which can be used to:
- Increase the number of people who actively support legal change in the UK;
- Decrease the incidence of physical punishment of children;
- Decrease the percentage of the population who find the physical punishment of children acceptable.
’Sdim Curo Plant!/Children Are Unbeatable! recognise that, whilst parents and carers are an important target group for this work, because it is about cultural change, every member of our society is part of the audience we want to reach. This approach is reflected in the toolkit.