For a 'youth' organisation the idea of a campaign for 'adult solidarity' may seem strange, but we strongly believe that the best way to improve society for both adults and children is to re-establish trust between adults. The constant vetting of adults, the litigious culture and the obsession with 'child safety' is not working - it is neither making parents feel secure about their children nor creating a positive environment for socialising young people.

We must challenge the growing child safety industry and re-establish trust between adults.

We believe :

1] COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILTY
The best way to keep children safe is to have a community of adults who take collective responsibility for the young people in their area.

2] DON'T WALK ON BY
Children need adult guidance and direction. It is the duty of adults to engage with children and halt the creation of a 'walk on by society'.

3] GO BEYOND THE LIMITS OF 'SAFETY'
Keeping children safe is in all our interests, but when 'child safety' becomes the only framework for relating to children, the lives of both children and adults are diminished.

4] CHALLENGE SUSPICION
Rules and regulations that reinforce suspicion amongst adults should be opposed.

5] ADULT SOLIDARITY
We should support and trust other adults when they are interacting with our children. Professionals working with children and adults in the community share the same goal in seeing children prosper and develop. An atmosphere dominated by suspicion and doubt poisons the relationships between adults and children.

6] START THE DEBATE
To begin this process a debate is needed across society about some of the damaging effects of the growing child safety 'industry'.