This online training session is designed specifically for trustees, committee members, managers, coordinators and group leaders working within small voluntary and community organisations. Whether your organisation works directly with children, families, older people, volunteers or vulnerable adults, safeguarding leadership is essential.

The session will help organisations understand what “good safeguarding” looks like in practice and how to create safer, more confident organisations.

Agenda:
• What safeguarding means in a VCS setting
• The safeguarding responsibilities of trustees and leaders
• What good safeguarding culture looks like
• Policies, procedures and reporting routes organisations should have in place
• How to recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns appropriately
• The role of the Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Common safeguarding gaps and organisational risks
• Practical safeguarding scenarios and case study discussions
• How to become more “safeguarding ready” as an organisation