Building on Guidelines for the protection and welfare of children and young people in the arts sector, we are pleased to introduce two new resources for artists and arts organisations working with children and young people. The resources are in response to requests from the arts sector. They are:

1. Guidelines for taking and using images of children and young people in the arts sector

The guidelines aim to provide support and guidance to arts organisations and artists working as arts practitioners, facilitators or tutors making, recording and using images of children and young people. Items such as informed consent, the legal context, privacy and publishing images on websites are covered in the resource.

2. Solo practitioner code of practice for working with children and young people

The code of practice aims to provide support and guidance to artists working with children and young people in a solo capacity as practitioners, facilitators or tutors. It is based on, and should be read in conjunction with established good practice guidelines such as:

• Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children and Young People in the Arts Sector
• Our Duty to Care and
• Children First, National Guidelines for the Protection and Welfare of Children

Both resources were developed in consultation with individual artists, arts organisations and the Health Service Executive Keeping Safe Information and Advice Persons.  We are very grateful for their assistance and expertise in developing the new resources.

For these and other resources on child protection and welfare in the arts sector, please see our website.