Safeguarding Policy
Ensuring the safety and protection of our beneficiaries is an essential aspect of Thrive at Five’s work. Unless individuals are safe and treated well, with dignity and respect, it is impossible for them to realise their potential or to benefit fully from the work and activities supported by Thrive at Five.
There has been increasing recognition of the way in which vulnerable people can be at risk of harm from organisations and institutions that are intended to help them, either as a result of abuse and exploitation by individuals in positions of trust, or via programme activities in general.
As a consequence, there has been a significant increase in the efforts made by agencies to ensure that no harm comes to beneficiaries or target communities from contact with their staff and associates or as a result of any of the organisation’s activities. This duty of care extends beyond statutory safeguarding requirements. Thrive at Five takes its obligations to operate in such a way as to ensure so far as is possible that its work causes no harm to anyone with whom it engages very seriously.