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<div style="font-size:.88em;color:#777;margin-bottom:10px">[[Main Page|Freegle Volunteer Wiki]] &rsaquo; 🛡️ '''Safety & Safeguarding'''</div>
Keeping people safe is part of every volunteer's job, whether that means looking out for children and vulnerable adults on your group, or looking after your own wellbeing while you volunteer from home or at an event. This section covers both: Freegle's safeguarding policy and contacts, and practical health and safety guidance for volunteers.

'''Start here:''' if you have a safeguarding worry right now, go straight to '''[[If you have a Safeguarding Concern]]'''. Otherwise, '''[[Safeguarding]]''' sets out the overall policy.

== Safeguarding: children and vulnerable adults ==
* '''[[Safeguarding]]''' - Freegle's safeguarding statement, adopted by the Board, and the hub linking to all the pages below.
* '''[[If you have a Safeguarding Concern]]''' - what to do if you spot something worrying: email the Safeguarding Officer with the evidence and let them decide what happens next.
* '''[[Safeguarding Action Plan]]''' - the three-step rule: don't investigate it yourself, call 999 if someone's at immediate risk, call 101 to report a non-emergency crime.
* '''[[Role of the Safeguarding Officer]]''' - what the Safeguarding Officer does, how they're appointed, and how to reach them.
* '''[[Safeguarding FAQ]]''' - what safeguarding actually means, what Freegle Direct and users should do, and what's expected of moderators who notice something concerning.
* '''[[Safeguarding Contacts]]''' - who to contact, from Freegle's own Safeguarding Officer to Childline, CEOP and the NSPCC.
* '''[[Safeguarding at Events]]''' - practical precautions for stalls, talks and other face-to-face events, like never being alone with a child or vulnerable person.

== Looking after yourself as a volunteer ==
* '''[[Freegle Health and Safety Policy]]''' - the Board's policy on health and safety for an online organisation with no employees, covering online volunteering, events and contractors.
* '''[[Safe Home Working]]''' - practical tips for volunteering safely from home, from desk posture to password security, plus where to go for support if volunteering ever gets difficult.

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