Child Protection Information

For Family camp here - young person retreat here - outside UK here

Family Camp

Amaravati Buddhist Monastery is fully committed to safeguarding the welfare of all children and young people. It recognises its responsibility to take all reasonable steps to promote safe practice and to protect children from harm, abuse and exploitation regardless of age, gender, disability, culture, language, racial origin, religious beliefs or sexual identity.

The Child protection policy has been reviewed by the Hertfordshire Safeguarding board and a new policy is on line.

You can download the child protection policy for the family camp here (it is in PDF format and 600k)

You can read the family campers statement here.

There is now a code of conduct which is to support the Child protection policy and will be used to clarify what is expect of retreat center managers/helpers and monastics supporting the family events read it here

Guidelines for use of images here

if you have any question about any of this please email me

Young person retreat

You can download the child protection policy for the young persons retreat here (it is in PDF format and 600k)

Guidelines for use of images here

Outside UK

You can download the child protection policy for outside the UK here (it is in PDF format and 600k).
This still need some work but gives the general precautions needed.

15/2/2008