Safeguarding is a trustee responsibility and must be embedded in leadership, culture, recruitment, partnerships, communications, programme design and incident response—online and offline, in the UK and overseas.
Our commitments
- Use safer recruitment, role-appropriate checks and clear codes of conduct.
- Provide accessible ways to raise concerns without retaliation.
- Respond promptly, preserve confidentiality and put the affected person’s safety first.
- Refer concerns to statutory authorities or regulators where required.
- Assess partners and require suitable safeguarding arrangements.
- Use dignified images and stories with informed, appropriate consent.
Humanitarian and overseas work
Work across cultures, conflict settings, displacement and unequal power relationships can increase risk. AidWorkers will use context-specific risk assessment and recognised humanitarian safeguarding and protection standards where relevant.
Reporting a concern
If someone is in immediate danger, contact the relevant emergency or statutory service. A dedicated safeguarding reporting route and named lead should be published before AidWorkers begins activities that create direct contact with children or adults at risk. General concerns can currently be sent to [email protected].