Safeguarding Clinic – July
Date: 16 July
About: An opportunity to meet 1:1 with the FSC team to discuss anything on your mind. This clinic is for SUPPORT and CONNECT members only.
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Safeguarding training for funders in UK
Date: TBC
Location: Central London
Cost: £375 per day or £650 if you sign up for both. There is a discount for FSC members.
Day 1: Safeguarding for Grant-Making Organisations in UK
This course will cover:
- Key concepts and approaches to safeguarding and their relevance across different contexts
- Key components of a positive safeguarding system
- Good practices in embedding safeguarding within grant-making, from assessment through to monitoring and the reporting of safeguarding incidents.
This course is primarily designed for those with safeguarding responsibilities in funders, including designated safeguarding leads and senior leaders with overall responsibility for safeguarding. The course may be more widely relevant to representatives from funding teams who are responsible for embedding safeguarding in grant making practices.
This course does not cover basic safeguarding principles and concepts so participants should have a good foundational understanding of safeguarding. This course is not designed to cover safeguarding when engaging in direct work with children or adults at risk. Individuals who are engaged in this type of work may require additional training.
Day 2: Designated Safeguarding Leads in Grant-Making Organisations in UK
This course will cover:
- The role and responsibilities of a DSL in embedding an effective safeguarding culture
- Good practice in working with others to promote safeguarding, including working with leadership and the Board
- Effective response to safeguarding concerns reported within your organization.
- Effective response to safeguarding concerns reported by a funded partner.
This course is primarily designed for those taking on the designated safeguarding lead role, including deputies, in funder organisations based in UK. The course may be more widely relevant to leaders responsible for safeguarding or who manage DSLs.
This course does not cover basic safeguarding concepts so participants should have a good foundational understanding of safeguarding. This includes understanding different types of harm and an awareness of good practice principles when responding to safeguarding concerns.
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Digital Safeguarding Webinar: Power, Privacy and Protection
Date: 24 June
Time:8-10AM ET/ 13:00-15:00 BST/ 14:00-16:00 CET
Location: Virtual
About the event: A three-part webinar series to help you to identify, assess, and respond to digital safeguarding risks within your own organisation and across your grant-making practices. This event is for SUPPORT and CONNECT members only.
This session will :
- Explore organisational practices and challenges in managing safeguarding-related data.
- Identify key risks and responsibilities when deciding what data to collect and how to handle it securely and ethically.
- Provide practical tools to assess data risks and identify actionable improvements within your organization and those you fund.
Work for a FSC member, but don’t have a log-in? Contact a member of the FSC team.
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International Peer Learning Circle – October
International Peer Learning Circle
Date: 16 October
Time: 230pm UK BST
Location: Virtual
About the event: Updates, discussion and deep dives into recent changes in law and policy, news, challenges and topics of interest to members, with an international focus. This event is for SUPPORT and CONNECT members only.
Work for a FSC member, but don’t have a log-in? Contact a member of the FSC team.
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International Peer Learning Circle – July
International Peer Learning Circle
Date: 10 July
Time: 200pm UK BST
Location: Virtual
About the event:
Resources for effective safeguarding
The discussion will focus on 3 key questions, with insights shared from members of the FSC network:
- How much does effective safeguarding cost?
- What are funders doing to address the resource gap?
- How can we mobilise resources for safeguarding?
Plus the usual space for sector updates and interesting news and updates from members.
This event is for SUPPORT and CONNECT members only.
UK In-Person Convening
Safe culture matters: a practical approach to policy and every day practice
Date: 2 July
Time: 11:00 – 16:30
Venue: London
About the event:
Join FSC members from across the UK as we explore the implications for recent and upcoming legal and regulatory changes and share insights on practical ways to develop and implement a Safeguarding Policy that tackles evolving risks, drives cultural change and underpins everyday practice in your organisation. As well as the chance to meet others responsible for safeguarding in a range of funder organisations and plenty of networking time, you can participate in sessions including:
- An interactive Safeguarding Policy health check: bring your safeguarding policy along and benchmark it against legal requirements, regulatory standards and best practice, with your peers.
- A bumper law and policy round up looking at key law and policy reforms which will impact funders’ approaches to safeguarding today and in the future
- Expert insight on wider policies: Bates Wells will talk about new duties with regard to the workplace and sexual harassment
- Member insight: UK based funders will share their Safeguarding Policy and talk about how they have tackled safeguarding risks and tricky issues
This event is for SUPPORT and CONNECT members only.
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UK Peer Learning Circle October 2025
Date: 9 October
Time: 10am
About the event: Updates, discussion and deep dives into recent changes in law and policy, news, challenges and topics of interest to members, with a UK focus. This event is for SUPPORT and CONNECT members only.
Work for a FSC member, but don’t have a log-in? Contact a member of the FSC team.
Note already a member?