Safeguarding is a key governance priority for all charities

This fully funded online course is open to trustees, chairs, CEO's and safeguarding leads from Hertfordshire VCS organisations.

  • Understand your role as a trustee in relation to safeguarding.

  • Stay up to date with new guidance, regulations and best practice in accordance to the Charity Governance Code.

  • Learn about the topic and help you to develop procedures that comply legally and ethically.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the this course you will be able to:

  • Better support your staff and volunteers

  • Understand the policies and procedures around safeguarding

  • Understand how to handle and report concerns

About the trainer

Sonia Clarke

Sonia has delivered Safeguarding Adults at Risk training for HCF for over 8 years, also working closely with Hertfordshire County Council trainers to deliver Safeguarding for Managers, and with other local organisations to create bespoke packages to meet their Safeguarding needs. She has also worked with HCF delivering Safeguarding for Trustees as part of the Better Boards programme , and consulted with organisations in order to improve their Policies and procedures in this area.