At Aprender, we’re committed to creating a safe, healthy and inclusive place to work and volunteer for our coaches and other colleagues, and for those who we come into contact with through our work. To achieve this, we have a safeguarding policy in place, underpinned by safeguarding training designed to help reduce the risk of abuse or harm from occurring, and to equip our people to recognise and report where they may have safeguarding concerns. 

As part of their training, all coaches and volunteers are required to agree to a safeguarding code of conduct and are made aware of our expectations in relation to not only their conduct, but also their responsibility to report any concerns.   

While coaches and volunteers do not work directly with children, we always carry out Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks for colleagues, and we work to uphold the child protection systems of the countries in which we offer support.

We have a zero-tolerance approach to anyone who causes harm or abuse, and will thoroughly investigate and respond to any concern. Where appropriate, we report such matters to the police and/or local authorities. 

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To ensure we are continually maintaining the highest standards of safeguarding, we monitor guidance from the UK Government and the charity regulator, the Charity Commission for England and Wales, on procedures and protocols for safeguarding.  We also check for compliance with our safeguarding policies and procedures.

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We have a designated Child Protection and Safeguarding trustee, Mary Nima. (mary_nima@yahoo.co.uk) Our policy is available on request.

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We are members of the Keeping Children Safe organisation, working to ensure all children have a safe and healthy development into adulthood by ensuring our organisations do no harm through our activities, staff, partners or volunteers.