Safeguarding for Community Spaces
This session looked at what procedures are needed to ensure that service-users, volunteers and staff are kept safe. It covered what abuse is and what safeguarding is in practical terms.
Course Content
This is a longer session which covers the issues around safeguarding in more detail than our shorter courses, although it overlaps with these.
This session covered what policies and procedures are needed to ensure that service-users, volunteers and staff are kept safe. Specifically:
- What abuse is and who may be vulnerable to abuse.
- Reducing the risk of harm
- Spotting and reporting safeguarding concerns
- Having a system of taking further action
- Keeping safeguarding procedures effective and up-to-date.
This course comes with free templates and information sheets which you can download having signed up for the course.
This session covered what policies and procedures are needed to ensure that service-users, volunteers and staff are kept safe. Specifically:
- What abuse is and who may be vulnerable to abuse.
- Reducing the risk of harm
- Spotting and reporting safeguarding concerns
- Having a system of taking further action
- Keeping safeguarding procedures effective and up-to-date.
This course comes with free templates and information sheets which you can download having signed up for the course.
Other resources
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ACRE information sheet 05 - Safeguarding
CourseThis ACRE information sheet goes through the processes, policies and procedures on safeguarding that Village Hall committees need to know about.
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Consultancy help - policies and procedures
CourseHaving the correct policies & procedures in place is an essential part of managing key risks. We can help you review and develop your policies,, spot gaps and recommend templates. Email Caro Hart at [email protected] for details.
Resources for community spaces
Find all of the material from the programme here
