Safeguarding for charities

Every charity’s work is different, but all charities have one thing in common: their sworn duty of care to the people they work with.

When it comes to allegations of abuse or exploitation, the first questions are: Who’s representing you? What steps did you take to protect everyone involved with your charity? And what kind of processes do you have to recruit the right people and monitor their work?

We’re here to help you make sure you have an answer to every question. From policies and processes to risk reduction and recruitment, our specialists will be by your side.

We work with charities to:

• Get the right policies and procedures in place for staff, trustees, volunteers, and contractors
• Find out where and how you can improve your protocols
• Strengthen your recruitment, management, and training processes
• Make sure your reporting is clear, open, and thorough
• Set up checks to ensure everyone’s following policies properly
• Create a framework for responding to reports and allegations
• Navigate legal responses if things go wrong
• Manage negative press coverage or attention from local authorities or the Charity Commission
• Ensure victims, their families, and their communities have a clear path to justice, safe from intimidation and procedural delays