Child Protection

Funded through the Scottish Executive's Changing Children's Services Fund LAYC's Quality Development Unit (QDU) will be operating to ensure that all our affiliated groups and clubs in Edinburgh are supported in meeting with the requirements of new legislation. In particular we are focussing on supporting groups and clubs around the Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003 which has been introduced in stages from 10 January 2005.

The QDU will do this by providing advice and guidance to groups, helping groups and clubs develop their own policies and procedures to make sure that they are operating in a way which ensures maximum protection and safety for children and young people and if necessary assisting groups to access the Disclosure Scotland checking procedures necessary to comply with the legislation. To summarise, the Quality Development Unit aims to support groups and clubs by providing:

Click on QDU Resources and Publications to view, download and/or order all the latest guidance and information relating to POC(S)A 2003. Click on Useful Links to access other relevant web sites and interesting stuff in relation to POC(S)A 2003.

You can e-mail Rob Heasman with any enquiries you have around POC(S)A 2003 legislation, your organisations policies and procedures, relevant training events, the disclosure process and/or other related LAYC services. Alternatively you can phone us on 0131 667 1828.

LAYC, Dunford House, 7 Boroughloch Lane, Edinburgh, EH8 9NL
Tel: (0131) 667 1828 & Fax: (0131) 667 9862
Email: enquiries@layc.org.uk