The Framework

Proportion of families accessing early years support services and programmes

Families can provide nurturing caregiving environments

Improved family health and wellbeing

Children and families are able to thrive, starting before a child is born

Healthy relationships are formed between parents/caregivers and children

Children and families are safe

Children are no longer physically punished

Proportion of children and young people in employment and training programmes

Reduction in the number of children and young people not in education, employment or training

Children and young people have access to meaningful training and employment opportunities, including mentoring

Children and young people are in meaningful employment or training and have a career path and equitable opportunities for their future

Number of children and young people accessing safe, appropriate and timely support – including specialist therapeutic interventions and mental health services – for any violence or trauma they have experienced or are concerned about

Children and young people have access to trauma-informed support services

They have access to services at the earliest opportunity

They also have a seamless transition between children’s services and adults’ services

Adverse childhood experiences are prevented

Children and young people have better mental health and less anxiety, fear and depression

They receive the support they need to prevent them from becoming involved in violence

Reduction in the number of children and young people attending Emergency Departments with assault-related injuries

Proportion of children and young people accessing safe, recreational spaces within their communities (online and offline)

Provision of protective community environments where children and young people can thrive and develop

Community members have more opportunities to support, and build positive relationships with, children and young people

Children and young people feel a sense of belonging within their communities

Planning policies provide affordable, safe and accessible spaces for children and young people

Children and young people are safer online and offline

Violence within community environments is prevented

Proportion of children and young people accessing violence prevention programmes within education settings

Proportion of children and young people accessing educationbased, trauma-enhanced services for the trauma and adversity they’ve experienced

Proportion of education professionals who have received online safety training

Rates of school exclusion decrease

Social norms that protect against violence are promoted and negative social norms challenged

Parents, education, staff, specialist services and the wider community are engaged in violence prevention programmes

Violence prevention is embedded into the curriculum and into whole school approaches to health and wellbeing

Children and young people have improved educational attainment, engagement and experience

They have better life skills, including those around communication, emotional management, problem solving, critical thinking and resolving conflicts

Violence within school and education settings is prevented

Proportion of children and young people engaged in activities outside school/ education

Children and young people are able to make positive behavioural choices and are supported by adults whom they can rely on

Children and young people have adults whom they can trust and look up to as role models in their community

Children and young people have improved life opportunities

Proportion of children and young people with access to basic living standards (food, housing, warmth, etc)

Proportion of people with protected characteristics in equitable and meaningful employment

Children and young people have equitable access to food, quality housing and warmth

Families have clear pathways out of poverty

Inequitable social norms that discriminate against specific groups of children and young people and encourage violence are challenged and ended

Reduction in child poverty across Wales

Reduction in exploitation, harm, neglect and maltreatment of children and young people

Reduction in hate crime, sexual exploitation and gender-based violence

Elimination of the gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap

Proportion of policies and legislation that promote children’s rights

Proportion of policies and legislation that include violence prevention

Levels of funding provided by Welsh and UK Government for violence prevention

Children’s rights are embedded in policy and legislation

Policy and legislation provide an overarching framework for violence prevention, protection, response and support

Children and young people’s voices are included in matters that affect them

Children and young people are safe, happy, healthy, able to play and get an education

A more equal, prosperous, resilient, healthier and globally responsible Wales

Proportion of children and young people who have access to social norms programmes that challenge inequitable social norms and upskill bystanders to prevent violence

Proportion of people exposed to social marketing campaigns to challenge negative social norms and values

Equitable social norms that protect against violence are promoted

Prosocial bystander responses to attitudes and beliefs that support violence are promoted

Children and young people can disclose violence or seek help for trauma and adversity they’ve experienced

Strengthened social norms and values that support non-violent, respectful, nurturing, positive and gender-equitable relationships for children and young people

Across Wales, there are equitable norms around gender, power, race, ethnicity, sexuality