Safeguarding and protecting people for charities and trustees

Requirements

Your charity’s policies and procedures for protecting people and safeguarding should be: put into practice responsive to change reviewed as necessary, always following a serious incident and at least once a year available to the public compliant with all relevant legislation, noting this can vary depending on who you work with Make all trustees, staff, volunteers, partners and beneficiaries aware of your policies. They all need to know how to apply them. In your policies make clear how you will: protect people from undue harm make sure people can raise safeguarding concerns handle allegations or incidents respond, including reporting to the relevant authorities The amount of detail in your policies depends on what your charity does, where it works, whether it operates in person or online and the level of risk. Use guidance to help with your policies and procedures, including the links to specific sources of support on this page. Take expert or professional advice if you need it.