Staying Safe Commitment Scheme
Please note: this scheme operated from 2006 to 2009 and is now closed to new applicants.
Our Staying Safe Commitment Scheme offerered support and recognition to organisations that took the first steps to implement measures to protect children and young people from harm or abuse.
The scheme was underpinned by the NSPCC Safetycheck standards. These standards provided a benchmark for good practice and helped to make organisations safe for children, young people staff and volunteers.
To receive the Certificate of Recognition, organisations were required to demonstrate that they had:
- completed a self-assessment using the Safetycheck standards and developed a safeguarding action plan
- identified someone in the organisation to take responsibility for child protection issues and implementation of the action plan
- prepared a child protection policy statement and procedures for taking action when there are child protection concerns
- appropriate public liability insurance.
The NSPCC awarded a Certificate of Recognition (valid for 2 years) to the following organisations that met the Staying Safe Commitment Scheme criteria:
- Jack and Jill Day Nursery (certificate expiry date: 27 January 2013)
- Plymouth Pavilions (certificate expiry date: 16 Feburary 2012)
- Princess Royal Trust for Carers (certificate expiry date: 16 February 2012)
- Project Rainbow Wayland Ltd (certificate expiry date: 9 May 2012)
- Rochdale Women’s Refuge (certificate expiry date: 14 December 2011)
- Sheffield Futures (certificate expiry date: 14 February 2012)
- Sheffield Wildlife Trust (certificate expiry date: 10 June 2012)
- Sheffield Women’s Aid (certificate expiry date: 14 December 2011)
- Shine (certificate expiry date: 10 June 2012)
- SOVA (Supporting others through volunteer action) (certificate expiry date: 21 March 2012)
- The Phoenix (certificate expiry date: 16 May 2012)
The following organisations were successful in achieving the Certificate of Recognition although they are no longer certified:
- Acorns Children's Hospice (certificate expiry date: 21 August 2009)
- Aspire Sports Health & Fitness Ltd (certificate expiry date: 23 July 2010)
- Barton Training Trust (certificate expiry date: 29 June 2010)
- Best Theatre Arts (certificate expiry date: 27 February 2010)
- Birmingham Royal Ballet (certificate expiry date: 15 July 2011)
- Bradford Ice Arena (certificate expiry date: 31 October 2009)
- Cadw - Welsh Assembly Government (certificate expiry date: 21 January 2011)
- CHILYPEP (The Children & Young People's Empowerment Project) (certificate expiry date: 3 March 2011)
- De Gwynedd Women's Aid (certificate expiry date: 11 February 2011)
- Eden Project (certificate expiry date: 10 August 2011)
- Funky Dragon (certificate expiry date: 22 February 2011)
- Groundwork Solent (certificate expiry date: 9 February 2010)
- Home-Start Sheffield (certificate expiry date: 5 July 2011)
- Hove YMCA (certificate expiry date: 1 February 2011)
- Kids City (certificate expiry date: 27 August 2011)
- Leeds Tenant Federation (certificate expiry date: 16 February 2012)
- London Youth (certificate expiry date: 11 February 2011)
- Reach - the association for children with hand or arm deficiency (certificate expiry date: 17 November 2010)
- School-Home Support (certificate expiry date: 8 March 2011)
- Sheffield YWCA (certificate expiry date: 31 August 2011)
- St John Ambulance (certificate expiry date: 30 January 2010)
- Student Volunteering Bangor (certificate expiry date: 13 January 2011)
- Tyne & Wear Museums (certificate expiry date: 27 February 2010)
- YMCA Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire (certificate expiry date: 10 May 2011)
The NSPCC can still help you to develop child protection policies and safeguardings procedures for your organisation. For further information, please contact NSPCC Consultancy Services .
The Safe Network also offers online advice and guidance about keeping children safe during club or group activities. Visit www.safenetwork.org.uk
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