Safeguarding for Managers Articles
Sep 17th, 2025
Boundaries, Belonging, and Disability: Rethinking Safeguarding in Faith Contexts
What does it mean to belong in a community when boundaries are essential for safety? And how do our assumptions about vulnerability shape safeguarding policy and practice, especially for disabled individuals?
Sep 17th, 2025
Creating Child-Centred Safeguarding: Listening, Play, and Agency
What does it mean to truly listen to a child within safeguarding practice? And how can therapeutic methods such as play, metaphor and relational presence help children feel safe enough to share what matters most?
Sep 17th, 2025
Raising Concerns Early: Why Safeguarding Begins Before a Crisis
What stops people from speaking up when something feels “not quite right”? And how can safeguarding move beyond compliance to become part of a community’s everyday culture?
Sep 17th, 2025
Supporting Volunteers in Safeguarding: Structure, Boundaries and Respect
Volunteers are often at the heart of faith-based organisations, but how well are they supported when it comes to safeguarding? And what structures are needed to ensure that their passion and presence do not leave gaps in accountability or risk?
Sep 17th, 2025
From Compliance to Culture: Volunteer Leadership in Safeguarding
What does it take to embed safeguarding into the core of a faith-based organisation - not just its policy folder? And how can volunteers be engaged to not only to follow safeguarding standards, but to lead them?