Safeguarding should be a key governance priority for all charities
Ensure your charity has an adequate safeguarding policy, code of conduct and any other safeguarding procedures. Regularly review and update the policy and procedures to ensure that they are fit for purpose
Identify possible risks, including risks to your beneficiaries or to anyone else connected to your charity and any emerging risks on the horizon
Consider how to improve safeguarding culture within your charity
Ensure that everyone involved with the charity knows how recognise, respond to, report and record a safeguarding concern
Ensure people know how to raise a safeguarding concern
Regularly evaluate any safeguarding training provided, ensuring it is current and relevant
Review which posts within the charity can and must have a DBS check
Have a risk assessment process in place for posts which do not qualify for a DBS check, but which still have contact with children or adults at risk
Periodically review your safeguarding policy and procedures, learning from any serious incident or 'near miss'
If you work overseas, find out what different checks and due diligence you need to carry out in different geographical areas of operation
Charity Commission for England and Wales
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