Safeguarding
Projects have a responsibility to keep children safe. We need to know that organisations are taking active steps to protect children and we always look for the inclusion of clear child protection and health and safety policies and practices.
Children and young people are at the centre of BBC Children in Need’s work and we believe that all children have the right to protection from harm. We recognise our responsibility to safeguard the welfare of all the children and young people we work with, by committing to practices that protect them. Good child protection and safeguarding is achieved through establishing a positive organisational culture and implementing a number of complementary procedures and checks. BBC Children in Need is not and cannot be expert in child protection but we work alongside the NSPCC and other leading organisations to promote best practice in safeguarding children and young people. We recommend that you refer to the Safe Network website for the latest advice on safeguarding children in the voluntary and community sector, paying particular attention to the Are They Safe? resource and the core Safeguarding Standards.
