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Programme Summary

Day 1: Safeguarding for Grant-Making Organisations in UK (19th November 2025)

This course will cover:

  • Key concepts and approaches to safeguarding and their relevance across different contexts
  • Key components of a positive safeguarding system
  • Good practices in embedding safeguarding within grant-making, from assessment through to monitoring and the reporting of safeguarding incidents.
  • This course is primarily designed for those with safeguarding responsibilities in funders, including designated safeguarding leads and senior leaders with overall responsibility for safeguarding. The course may be more widely relevant to representatives from funding teams who are responsible for embedding safeguarding in grant making practices.

This course does not cover basic safeguarding principles and concepts so participants should have a good foundational understanding of safeguarding. This course is not designed to cover safeguarding when engaging in direct work with children or adults at risk. Individuals who are engaged in this type of work may require additional training.

Day 2: Designated Safeguarding Leads in Grant-Making Organisations in UK (20th November 2025)

This course will cover:

  • The role and responsibilities of a DSL in embedding an effective safeguarding culture
  • Good practice in working with others to promote safeguarding, including working with leadership and the Board
  • Effective response to safeguarding concerns reported within your organization.
  • Effective response to safeguarding concerns reported by a funded partner.
This course is primarily designed for those taking on the designated safeguarding lead role, including deputies, in funder organisations based in UK. The course may be more widely relevant to leaders responsible for safeguarding or who manage DSLs.

This course does not cover basic safeguarding concepts so participants should have a good foundational understanding of safeguarding. This includes understanding different types of harm and an awareness of good practice principles when responding to safeguarding concerns.

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