Keep Governance and Safeguarding

Small, community based organisations can't mitigate their safeguarding risks purely as a result of their size.  These risks are often elevated for a range of reasons and are held by individuals without support or assurance that processes are working as effectively as they should.  Large organisations and those with mandated safeguarding requirements manage these risks through their internal safeguarding governance frameworks.  

Keep Equip will help you protect your people by strengthening your safeguarding governance and improving accountability and practice.  

It will reduce the opportunities for abuse, bullying, neglect and exploitation to happen to your people, inside and outside your organisation, and gives a stronger voice to everyone involved.  In turn, more people will have a safer, happier experience as a result of your commitment to safeguarding. 

It's for you, the local community heroes: the activity providers, the inspirers, the tutors, the coaches, the community makers and the independent healthcare providers. 

These guys are the heroes, providing services for children and adults, some of whom will have vulnerabilities.

And yet these heroes are carrying the greater share of the risk. 

You often won't have the governance structures or resources to provide you with assurance that your organisation's safeguarding practice is effective.  That's why giving you the same tools that large organisations take for granted makes sense.

Keep Equip is an affordable, bolt-on safeguarding framework to support your practice, giving you the benefits of large-organisation governance.

Large organisation safeguarding governance, in an affordable, no-nonsense package! 

Find out more about why strong safeguarding governance is important in our blog post

Corporate style safeguarding governance, without the hassle!

A subscription to Keep Equip provides you with safeguarding governance arrangements, effectively a virtual Board-level safeguarding lead who will deliver:

• Expert independent processes for triaging all safeguarding concerns and allegations
• Case information stored on a market leading secure online safeguarding case management system
• Case management monitoring service to ensure no cases are lost or forgotten before actions are completed
• An online concern reporting form available to your staff and beneficiaries or participants
• Regular independent analysis of your safeguarding data and safeguarding risks provided to you as a leader.
• An annual review of your core safeguarding policy, procedures and staff/volunteer code of conduct

Keep Governance and Safeguarding works in partnership with organisations focussed on improving their safeguarding frameworks. We take a strategic perspective, ensuring your safeguarding work is effective and protects your people.

With extensive experience providing support for safeguarding leaders, including Heads of Safeguarding and Board members with responsibility for safeguarding at some of the Premier League's top Clubs or the Trustees of National Charities, we are well placed to help you effectively discharge your responsibilities while ensuring your operational arrangements are robust.

You want everyone involved in your organisation to understand how committed you are to safeguarding.  

Because we won't sign up any Tom, Dick or Harry, but check your arrangements, and help you development them, we will issue a quality mark to all our customers to display on their website.  

Its a great way to show parents, carers, and prospective volunteers that safeguarding matters.  We verify the mark on our Quality Mark Verification page to show who deserves it.