Wikimedia Europe/Advocacy/Child Safety Training
Online Child Safety Training
Wikimedia Europe, supported by the The Global Advocacy team, is organising an online Child Safety Training for Wikimedians. It will take place on 4 November 2025.
This will be a modified online version of the child safety training session organised during Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi.
Trainer
[edit]This training will be lead a very experienced professional - Andrew Briercliffe - who has a decades-long experience in online harms, trust & safety and online child protection for both law enforcement authorities and online platforms.
Agenda
[edit]The exact agenda is to be confirmed, but we will go through three main sections:
- Basics of child safety online
- Threats to be aware of on Wikimedia platforms
- Assessing situations & how to react
Background
[edit]Child protection is an important task and challenge for our movement. On the projects the task is handled by both, the Wikimedia Foundation Trust & Safety team and volunteer editors. And while the Trust & Safety team has professional tools, procedures and experience, volunteers might struggle when confronted serious and stressful situation, however rare or unlikely this is.
Such a training is also one of the recommendations of the Child Rights Impact Assessment, commissioned by the Wikimedia Movement.
During a session on child safety online at Wikimania 2024 in Katowice one of the agreed goals by the group was to offer our volunteers assistance and training on this issue.
During the session at Wikimania in Nairobi many participants expressed the desire to have an online version of the training, so many more community member can participate.
Practical information
[edit]- Date: Tuesday, 4 November, 2025
- Time: 18:00h - 19:30h CET (17-18:30 UTC)
- Participation: A link will be sent to registered participants.
Registration
[edit]To join the session, fill out his form.