David Scott

Safeguarding

Who is responsible for safeguarding?

What is Safeguarding? Does your organisation have a safeguarding policy?  Have you read it recently?  Who is responsible for safeguarding? Has anyone in your organisation reported a safeguarding issue to you?  How do you know that your safeguarding policy and procedures are working?  And how do you know that the people you work with and for …

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Safeguarding concerns and an Independent Investigation into David Challenor 2019

Safeguarding concerns – investigating the allegations and charges brought against David Challenor

The importance of identifying and reporting safeguarding concerns has been highlighted by an independent investigation by Verita commissioned by The Green Party of England and Wales into the party’s actions following the allegations and charges brought against David Challenor. The party published its response to our report on Thursday 10 January 2019 and accepted all …

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How unregulated HR processes can affect your company

How unregulated HR processes can affect your company

Corporate governance 2018 has seen the charity sector under fire like never before, with sustained media and political scrutiny over failings in corporate governance to tackle serious misconduct and abuse here and abroad. Save the Children have recently announced they have commissioned a formal investigation into staff misconduct. Such scandal and the justified public outrage …

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Protecting athlete welfare in high performance sport

How to protect athlete welfare in high performance sport

Protecting athlete welfare in high performance sport Elite performance sport is by nature a cut-throat industry which has the potential to prioritise winning over athlete welfare. It demands that its participants must operate at the absolute limit of their physical capabilities to stand a chance of being successful. Both athletes and their support teams must …

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