All faith institutions, and voluntary organisations have a legal obligation to cooperate with the the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO), whose role is to give advice and guidance to employers and voluntary organisations. Every faith institution should have a safeguarding designated lead. To download the template, click here.
Trustees have a legal duty to protect the welfare of children and protect them from harm and expected to find out what the relevant law is, how it applies and to comply with it where appropriate. To download a safeguarding children policy, click here.
The aim of the anti-bullying policy is to ensure that pupils learn in a supportive, caring and safe environment without fear of being bullied. Bullying is anti-social behaviour and affects everyone; it is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Only when all issues of bullying are addressed will pupils be able to fully benefit from…
The management of the faith institution should deal with complaints as quickly and as efficiently as possible. The management office should record all complaints received, including those which are resolved at an informal stage. The outcome of the complaint will also be recorded, together with reasons for that decision. A template for your faith institutions…
Trustees are the custodians of their charities and are legally responsible for implementing due diligence procedures to protect the charity, which includes maintaining finances through robust controls. Furthermore, it is imperative for charities to know who is donating to them and who is working for them as some charities can be exploited and abused by…
National Democracy Week Blog Faiths Forum launched its first ever Democracy Week campaign, the Civic and Democracy Leadership Programme, encompassing various workshops to enhance and expand young people’s arsenal of skills whilst also addressing issues critical to society. 25 university students and graduates developed their leadership skills from experts in their field and expressed their…
Faith institutions such as Mosques, Gurdwaras, Churches, Synagogues and Temples play a fundamental role in the learning and development about one’s faith particularly for young children. Often, particularly within smaller faith centres, where worshippers and staff tend to be neighbours, there is a sense of an implied trust without the need for serious and professional…
A staff employment checklist ensures that all the necessary steps are taken to prepare for new staff and guide them through the process of becoming part of a successful team. Click here for a new staff employment checklist template.
If your faith institution runs a supplementary school, meeting legal compliance, good governance and policies and procedures allows you to: ● serve and protect your members, staff and volunteers ● protect children from any form of abuse ● build your institution’s strength and resilience for the future ● access support and funding for your school…
If you have recently experienced any hate crime towards your place of worship, it is worth noting that the the third round of the Places of Worship Protective Security Funding scheme is now open. Funding is available for places of worship that have been subject to, or are vulnerable to hate crime attacks, to provide…