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Proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse in England and Wales

By ECA Safeguarding on Thu, 20 Oct, 2022 - 17:43

Proposed mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse in England and Wales

By ECA Safeguarding on Thu, 20 Oct, 2022 - 17:43

This week has seen publication of the final report from the long-running government enquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales, which recommends that it be made a criminal offence for a person who works with children or is in a ‘position of trust’ to fail to report child sexual abuse to the police where they witness it or are told about it by a child or perpetrator.

Over the last seven years, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual...

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England + Wales: bullying and harassment in charities

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 24 Aug, 2022 - 11:14

England + Wales: bullying and harassment in charities

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 24 Aug, 2022 - 11:14

The Charity Commission, which regulates Triratna charities in England and Wales, recently published updated guidelines on the duties of trustees in relation to bullying and harassment.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/following-collaborative-project-commi…

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England and Wales: Charity Commission advice for responding to Ukraine crisis

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 23 Mar, 2022 - 10:38

England and Wales: Charity Commission advice for responding to Ukraine crisis

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 23 Mar, 2022 - 10:38

The Charity Commission for England and Wales have published this advice for charities wishing to respond to the Ukraine crisis.

Please also see this post on offering a home to refugees and the video of a webinar on charity duties when working with refuges.

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UK: Safeguarding requirements under the Buddhist Insurance Scheme

By ECA Safeguarding on Tue, 22 Mar, 2022 - 08:09

UK: Safeguarding requirements under the Buddhist Insurance Scheme

By ECA Safeguarding on Tue, 22 Mar, 2022 - 08:09

Most Buddhist charities in the UK are insured under the Buddhist Insurance Scheme, which is underwritten by Ecclesiastical Insurance.

To ensure that you would actually be covered should your charity ever have reason to make an insurance claim related to a Safeguarding matter, do look at Ecclesiastical’s expectations of charities in relation to Safeguarding standards.

https://www.ecclesiastical.com/risk-management/safeguarding/

Please note that although Ecclesiastical defines Safeguarding as the protection of children and vulnerable adults, the Charity Commission for England and Wales requires charities to protect all adults...

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Safeguarding and your charity's response to the war in Ukraine

By ECA Safeguarding on Fri, 11 Mar, 2022 - 11:04

Safeguarding and your charity's response to the war in Ukraine

By ECA Safeguarding on Fri, 11 Mar, 2022 - 11:04

UPDATE: This event was recorded and Safeguarding is mentioned at 1’ 5” in.

Watch the video.

Thursday 17th March, 2022 4:30pm UK time

Your charity may be wondering how to respond to the war in Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian emergency. There are Safeguarding dimensions to this, especially if you are taking in refugees: children and adults who will be very vulnerable.

In this free webinar lawyers from Bates Wells will summarise some of the key issues you may need to...

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DBS checks made simple: free webinars in March

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 23 Feb, 2022 - 11:30

DBS checks made simple: free webinars in March

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 23 Feb, 2022 - 11:30

Free DBS webinars for faith charity trustees, staff and volunteers:

Wednesday 2nd March, 12pm – 1pm repeated on
Thursday 3rd March, 7pm – 8pm

Book for one of these webinars

All charities in England and Wales are required to DBS (security) check staff and volunteers, as appropriate. But

who needs to be DBS checked?
what level of DBS check does a given role require?

Strengthening Faith Institutions in partnership with the Disclosure and Barring Service are hosting these free webinars to look at:

An introduction to

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Triratna’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (England and Wales)

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 9 Feb, 2022 - 17:59

Triratna’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (England and Wales)

By ECA Safeguarding on Wed, 9 Feb, 2022 - 17:59

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) is a UK government-commissioned legal inquiry into child sexual abuse in England and Wales. Since 2015 it has held a series of hearings about child sexual abuse and child protection in many institutions of public life in those two areas of the UK, including the Catholic and Anglican Churches.

Triratna’s ECA Safeguarding officer, Munisha was called to give testimony under oath in May 2020. Watch her testimony here.

Please note: Munisha was not called because of...

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Safeguarding officer role description

By ECA Safeguarding on Mon, 24 Jan, 2022 - 10:55

Safeguarding officer role description

By ECA Safeguarding on Mon, 24 Jan, 2022 - 10:55

One or two people have asked if there is a formal description for the role of a Safeguarding officer/co-ordinator (including, now a Nichiren group in California, as Triratna’s Safeguarding standards are gradually becoming known among other Buddhist traditions.)

We don’t yet have a formal role description for Triratna but here are two descriptions I have found so far.

This one is adapted from a description by Thirtyone:eight, the UK charity which specialises in Safeguarding advice for faith groups, though they say...

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Safeguarding for Buddhist charities: a Charity Commission webinar

By ECA Safeguarding on Fri, 12 Nov, 2021 - 08:45

Safeguarding for Buddhist charities: a Charity Commission webinar

By ECA Safeguarding on Fri, 12 Nov, 2021 - 08:45

Saturday 29th January 2022
10-11am (UK time)

A free webinar for trustees, Safeguarding officers, teachers, leaders and volunteers in Buddhist charities – and anyone else!

What are the duties of Buddhist charities in relation to Safeguarding adults and children from harm and how can we do this better?

Hosted by the Network of Buddhist Organisations UK, speakers from the Charity Commission for England and Wales will explain the Commission’s requirements - and what has been learned from recent experience in Buddhist organisations.

Safeguarding is...

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Barriers to reporting child sexual abuse in religious communities in England and Wales

By ECA Safeguarding on Fri, 22 Oct, 2021 - 19:41

Barriers to reporting child sexual abuse in religious communities in England and Wales

By ECA Safeguarding on Fri, 22 Oct, 2021 - 19:41

Booking is open for this free online talk on the barriers faced by faith groups in England and Wales to the effective reporting of child sexual abuse.

Wednesday 10th November 2021
11am UK time

Information and registration

This talk will build on the finding of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in England and Wales that in some faith groups there are significant barriers to the reporting of allegations of child sexual abuse to police and other external bodies.

The speaker is Nick Donaldson, who previously worked at...

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