National Training Centre

The new ECPAT UK National Training Centre in central London offers a comprehensive training programme that supports and develops good practice in safeguarding children.

Training is based on up-to-date research and evidence, such as case law, the experiences of children, government guidance and legislation.

Courses include:

• Safeguarding Children: an Introduction to Child Trafficking
• Safeguarding Children: an Advanced course on Child Trafficking
• The Trafficked Children Toolkit developed by the London Safeguarding Children Board 

There are also thematic seminars on issues such as:

• Good practice in risk assessments 
• Good practice in age assessments 
• Social networking 
• Private fostering 
• Children’s rights

Bespoke sessions - includes topics such as:

• Creative therapy for children
• The health needs of children who may have been trafficked
• The impact of trauma and abuse
• Caring for a child who may have been trafficked
• Identifying and meeting the needs of children who may have been trafficked
• Protecting children in the UK and overseas

For further details, or to make a booking, please email training@ecpat.org.uk or telephone 0207 233 9887. Click on a course for a booking form.

Training is coordinated by ECPAT UK’s training manager, Karen Sizeland – a qualified social worker, trainer and children’s advocate. She has wide experience of working child protection, including: in a local authority Children and Families Team; as a child protection officer at the NSPCC; as a freelance advocate for two national children’s charities; and as a training manager for an independent fostering agency.


ECPAT UK National Training Centre is located at Grosvenor Gardens House, 35-37 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0BS (5th floor, Suite 191-192) - two minutes' walk from Victoria underground, train and/or coach station