NSPCC Northern Ireland is celebrating reaching more than 100,000 children with its Speak Out, Stay Safe assemblies.
The successful campaign teaches primary school children how to keep safe from abuse and neglect.
The children's charity has so far visited 800 primary schools across the north and is working to reach every school in the near future.
So far the NSPCC's Schools Service, which delivers the assemblies, has visited more than 114,000 pupils.
The service aims to visit every primary school once every two years and further interest can be registered by teachers via the NSPCC’s website.
Speak Out, Stay Safe helps children to:
:: Understand abuse in all its forms and recognise the signs that it is happening
:: Learn how to protect themselves from all forms of abuse
:: Recognise both how to get help and the sources of help available to them, including ChildLine
With more schools than ever being visited by the charity's specially-trained staff and volunteers, it is hoped that by the end of this school year 150,000 children will have received the Speak Out, Stay Safe message and will be better equipped to protect themselves from abuse and neglect.
Each assembly presentation also focuses on online safety. Recent statistics in Childline's annual report showed that more than 300 counselling sessions were delivered to children contacting the NSPCC-run service from Northern Ireland in 2015/16 with concerns about online bullying.
Karen Walker, of the NSPCC Schools Service, said reaching 100,000-plus children in just five years was a huge achievement that is testament to the hard work of staff and volunteers.
"With the help of our mascot Buddy, the Speak Out, Stay Safe programme provides child-friendly, interactive assemblies and workshops to help children. By the end of each school visit we know pupils feel empowered and can speak out and stay safe," she said.
"We have recently extended the service from P6-P7 to include the full school and our aim is to ensure the programme is fun and interactive and giving children the information and knowledge they need to protect themselves.
"We at the NSPCC want to make five million UK children safer in the coming five years. We can't do this without more volunteers."
:: For further information, visit https://www.nspcc.org.uk/services-and-resources/working-with-schools/speak-out-stay-safe-service/ and click the `become a volunteer' button.
