Charity trustees’ responsibilities
Episode 17, Sep 30, 2019, 08:22 AM
How can trustees work with managers to keep children and young people safe and deliver safe services?
Safeguarding duties apply to any charity that is working with or has contact with children or young people. This includes the board of charity trustees who also have a responsibility for keeping children safe.
In this episode, our contributors discuss:
- the role and responsibilities of a charity trustee
- the key to good governance in a charity
- the importance of complying with legislation and guidance around keeping children safe
- top tips to ensure charity trustees and managers are working well and playing an active role in safeguarding.
This series was carried out as part a partnership led by NCVO, funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the National Lottery Fund within the Safeguarding Training Fund programme.
Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers
Chris Cloke was the Head of Safeguarding in Communities at the NSPCC for over thirty years. He has a huge wealth of experience and knowledge in safeguarding, particularly within the voluntary and community sector where he has been a trustee and advisor to several voluntary groups. He has been a member of and worked closely with a number of local safeguarding children boards and was chair of the Anti-Bullying Alliance for many years.
Cate Meredith has been working for the NSPCC for 10 years as a Senior Consultant in our Safeguarding in Communities team. She continues to lend her expertise to organisations in the voluntary and community sector to ensure their safeguarding responsibilities are supported, understood and met, so that children and young people are safe.
Kathy Evans joined Children England in 2010 as Deputy Chief Executive and she became CEO in April 2013. During her career Kathy has been the Chair of the Standing Committee for Youth Justice, a trustee of the Children’s Rights Alliance for England, a member of the ACMD Hidden Harm group and DCSF Care Matters advisory group. She was also consultant to the Police Foundation and Justice, devising potential alternatives to Youth Courts, to support the Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour.
📚 Related resources
> Find out more about safeguarding in faith communities
> Find out more about safeguarding children and young people as a charity trustee
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros
Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.
💬 About the speakers
Chris Cloke was the Head of Safeguarding in Communities at the NSPCC for over thirty years. He has a huge wealth of experience and knowledge in safeguarding, particularly within the voluntary and community sector where he has been a trustee and advisor to several voluntary groups. He has been a member of and worked closely with a number of local safeguarding children boards and was chair of the Anti-Bullying Alliance for many years.
Cate Meredith has been working for the NSPCC for 10 years as a Senior Consultant in our Safeguarding in Communities team. She continues to lend her expertise to organisations in the voluntary and community sector to ensure their safeguarding responsibilities are supported, understood and met, so that children and young people are safe.
Kathy Evans joined Children England in 2010 as Deputy Chief Executive and she became CEO in April 2013. During her career Kathy has been the Chair of the Standing Committee for Youth Justice, a trustee of the Children’s Rights Alliance for England, a member of the ACMD Hidden Harm group and DCSF Care Matters advisory group. She was also consultant to the Police Foundation and Justice, devising potential alternatives to Youth Courts, to support the Independent Commission on Youth Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour.
📚 Related resources
> Find out more about safeguarding in faith communities
> Find out more about safeguarding children and young people as a charity trustee
Intro/outro music is Lights by Sappheiros