It is the core value of our work, to benefit young people and children, while protecting their best interests and rights. This is why we have developed a comprehensive Child Protection Policy which maps out the aims, policy applicability, key principles, definitions, and indicates steps taken by the foundation to prevent any infringement of this policy.
In our organisation, we work with young people between 16 and 28 years of age, but in some projects, even younger persons take part in our activites. A child is any person younger than 18 years of age. In Germany, where our foundation is located, we use a definition of children being persons below the age of 14 years and adolescents being persons older than 14 but below the age of 18 years. In this document, we refer to all individuals below the age of 18.
To benefit young people and children, while protecting their best interests and rights, is the core value of our work. All employees, volunteers, and partners (e.g. contractors, funding partners, network members, service providers, participants and guests in our events) of the Schwarzkopf-Foundation Young Europe (SFYE) are actively involved in promoting child safety. Basic principles of our child protection policy are related to the Mission Statement, Antidiscrimination Guideline, and specific guidelines within the different programme lines and projects. The child protection policy of the Schwarzkopf-Foundation Young Europe is based on German and European law, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and good practices from Germany and abroad.