30 Sep, 2024 Rising whistleblowing in charities - what this means and how to respond? By Anna Dabek Today's article in the Civil Society highlights the Charity Commission’s latest report showing a significant rise in whistleblowing...
25 Apr, 2024 Sharing information where there are safeguarding concerns By Emma Watt The Department for Education (DfE) has published updated guidance - Information sharing: advice for practitioners providing safeguarding...
25 Oct, 2023 Work experience students in schools - is the school liable for their actions? By Sarah Harnett Work experience students are often to be found in schools (and indeed in other sectors). Unpaid and often only in school for a short...
09 Sep, 2022 How is the implementation of the new KCSIE 2022 going? By Sarah Harnett If you missed our blog post on the key updates, you can click here to read it. The 2022 Keeping Children Safe in Education Guidance...
25 Jul, 2022 Keeping children safe in education 2022 – key updates By Freya Cassia Following consultations earlier this year, the Department of Education (DfE) has published an updated version of Keeping children safe in...
07 Jul, 2021 Keeping children safe in education - 2021 updates By Anthony Collins On 6th July 2021, the Department of Education (DfE) published an updated version of Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2021. It...
25 Jun, 2021 New regulatory alert issued by the Charity Commission By Freya Cassia The Charity Commission has issued a formal regulatory alert to urge charities working overseas to improve on the continuing weaknesses in...
25 Jun, 2021 Ofsted review highlights widespread sexual abuse in schools and colleges By Anthony Collins Earlier this year, my colleague Chris Whittington and I shared our immediate thoughts following the emergence of the Everyone’s Invited...
01 Apr, 2021 'Everyone’s Invited' – Some immediate actions for schools after experiences of ‘rape culture’ highlighted By Anthony Collins Co-written with safeguarding and regulatory expert, Kaleigh Grainger. The Everyone’s Invited movement, set up to highlight and tackle...
07 Dec, 2020 References for social care staff - time for a new approach? By Matthew Wort One of the significant challenges when recruiting staff into the social care sector has been securing an appropriate reference which...