Working with Children
Whether you are organising a one-off crèche or are running an organisation especially focussed on activities for children, this section contains information about the things you will need to consider. It also contains links to our Favourite Funders for children’s and young people’s activities.
We have a wide range of games and toys available for hire at low cost to community groups in Sussex. Click on the Equipment tab or see our Equipment section for more information.
Click on the Links tab for contact details of organisations that can help with child protection in your group.
Health and safety for community groups
An introduction to health and safety for community groups run by volunteers.
Running a crèche
Information for community groups about providing childcare at a one-off community event.
Using the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Information for community groups about criminal records checks for volunteers and employees.
Data protection for community groups
A plain-English summary of data protection responsibilities for small, volunteer-run community groups, including how to comply with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
These books are available at the Resource Centre, to borrow or to use in the Centre.
- Adults who play: a training booklet for playleaders, youthworkers, teachers and parents
- Charity essentials (for Pre-schools)
- Community Matters: Reference Manual for Community Organisations Advisers
- Everyone's Business: Safeguarding for Trustees
- First steps - a guide to developing out of school clubs for community associations or similar groups
- Firstcheck: a step by step guide for organisations to safeguard children
- Get sorted - how to get organised, sort the budget and go for funding for your youth arts project
- Ready Steady Go - starting up and running your out of school kids club
- Safe Network: Are they Safe? Guide
- Starting a crèche - a guide for community groups
- The sports funding guide
- The youth funding guide
Equipment available from the Resource Centre
- Activity Chest
- Air Hockey
- Badge machine (25mm badges)
- Badge machine (38mm badges)
- Badge machine (55mm badges)
- Bagatelle
- Balancing Toy Set
- Ball in bucket
- Bingo machine
- Buzz wire game
- Buzzer Hand
- Candyfloss machine
- Clown striker
- Coconut shy
- Disco Lights
- Egg and spoon race
- Football goals
- Giant Connect Four
- Giant dominoes
- Giant Jenga
- Giant Kerplunk
- Giant Ludo
- Giant Pick-up-sticks
- Giant Snakes and ladders
- Giant Twister
- Give the dog a bone
- Hook a duck
- Hoopla blocks
- Hop sacks (large)
- Hop sacks (small)
- Hula hoops
- Karaoke machine
- Limbo
- Lucky Striker - test your strength
- Milk the cow
- Mouse-hole Golf
- Multi target
- Parachute
- Pick a lolly
- Pick an egg
- Play your cards right
- Roll a penny
- Rounders set
- Skipping set
- Skittles
- Smoothie bike
- Spin the wheel
- Stocks
- Surprise fishing
- Table football
- Target wall
- Test your strength fairground striker
- Tug of war rope (junior)
- Whack the rat
Equipment available from other suppliers
- Art materials
- Badge machines
- Ball pond
- Bubble machine
- Candy floss machines
- Climbing wall
- Coconut shy
- Costumes
- Disco Equipment
- Face Painting and Face Paints
- Fairground games and sideshows
- Giant Games
- Inflatable play equipment
- Inflatables
- Karaoke equipment
- Musical instruments for hire
- Parachute
- Party games
- Soft play equipment
- Test your strength games
- Toys
- Trampoline
The services listed below are not provided by the Resource Centre. These are websites and services we feel are particularly useful for small groups in Brighton & Hove, and which are not easy to find by searching the internet.
Other services you might find useful- Advice about equality and diversity
- Animal handling workshops
- Circus
- Circus skills workshops
- Drama workshops
- Entertainers
- Environmental talks and workshops
- Finding volunteers
- First Aid courses
- Getting outside help with running a sports group
- Health and Safety Information
- Help with developing a safeguarding policy
- Help with developing policies and sample policies
- Information and training about safeguarding
- Information on running childrens groups
- Music, singing or drumming workshops
- Risk Assessment (Health and Safety / Fire)
- Storyteller
- Umbrella bodies for DBS checking