Key topic areas covered include: Communities, Safeguarding and Workforce & Leadership.
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Working with Local Stakeholders to Prevent and Tackle Child Sexual Exploitation
An estimated 1 in 20 children in the UK have been sexually abused. In this video, Barnardos break down safeguarding systems to highlight the complexities of exploitation and how systems can seem overwhelming for young people. Building upon this, they address the importance of working together to meet children’s needs and improve services.
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Co-producing Volunteer Safeguarding Procedures with Service Users
Increasingly UK charities are facing the need to manage and escalate numerous safeguarding concerns for both staff and service users. In this video, Touchstone share the importance of co-producing safeguarding procedures with service users to ensure all resources are accessible and that the procedures meet any needs they have.
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Providing Staff with Hybrid Working Opportunities to Increase Productivity and Wellbeing
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has revealed that 53% of voluntary sector organisations have ‘hard-to-fill’ vacancies. In this video Lisa Freshwater, the Director of Organisational Effectiveness at Blood Cancer UK discusses the positive impact hybrid and flexible working has on workforce wellbeing.
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Developing and Implementing a Robust Volunteer Strategy
A robust volunteer strategy is crucial for any organisation within the voluntary sector, to both maintain the needs of the organisation and volunteer motivations. In this video, Andy Broomhead from Diabetes UK gives guidance and advice to organisations seeking to adapt and improve their volunteer strategies.
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Government Update: The Fraud Strategy
Fraud is one of the most common crimes in England and Wales, with cases accounting for more than 40% of all crimes reported. This government update outlines some of the key points in the Fraud Strategy which aims to reduce the number of cases by 10% on 2019 levels before the beginning of 2025.
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