Safeguarding
FEDERATION SAFEGUARDING OFFICER (FSO)
Belinda Hansford has recently completed NFWI’s safeguarding training and is available to receive your Safeguarding concerns using the forms mentioned below and to provide advice and information.
If you’re wondering why a charitable organisation like the WI needs to have a Safeguarding structure, it is partly due to legislative requirements, but in the wider context it is about protecting everyone’s right to respect and dignity, living in safety free from the risk of harm caused by abuse and neglect.
Whilst instances of concern within WI activities are unlikely, any that do arise now have a mechanism to be reported. Additionally, members may in the past have had Safeguarding concerns about another member’s life outside of WI and not known what to do about it – within this new structure there is now an avenue to report these.
There is a helpful Safeguarding Leaflet, NFWI Safeguarding Policy and which can be found on the Glamorgan Federation Website under the Safeguarding Tab on the Federation Information page. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Belinda via the Glamorgan Federation email at glamorgan@btconnect.com – making the Subject: CONFIDENTIAL SAFEGUARDING – and it will be forwarded on to Belinda.