The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust

Safeguarding Policy

1.   Policy Statement

1.1

The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust (the Charity) reconise safeguarding as a key governance priority for all Charities regardless of size,type or income, and not just those working in groups who have traditionally been considered vulnerable or at risk, namely, children, young people and vulnerable adults. The charity is committed to encouraging the safety and wellbeing of all its staff, beneficiaries, volunteers and those connected to the activities of the charity.

1.2

The Policy aims too

• Promote and prioritise the safety and wellbeing of all staff, beneficiaries, volunteers, and others who come in contact with the Charity.
• Provide assurance that the Charity takes reasonable steps to manage safeguarding risks.
• Ensure that everybody understands their roles and responsibilities with regards to safeguarding matters.
• Ensure that appropriate action is taken in the event of any allegations or suspicions of harm from the Charities staff or volunteers

1.3

This Policy applies to all who work, volunteer or participate in activities for the Charity 

Principles
 

2.1

Legislative protection exists to ensure the safeguarding of those who are typically considered to be vulnerable or at risk of abuse or neglect. This includes

• Children and young people under 18yrs of age
• Adults (aged 18yrs and over) who are considered to be vulnerable or at risk

2.2

The Charity may come into contact with young people under 18yrs of age for work experience activities, or in a voluntary capacity. In those circumstances the charity have a young persons risk assessment process which must be completed ahead of engagement with the young person.

2.3

The Charity will take all reasonable steps to safeguard and protect all beneficiaries from abuse or mistreatment by those working or volunteering for the Charity. The Charity will also take all reasonable steps to protect from harm all beneficiaries, employees, volunteers connected with the activities of the the Charity

2.4

The Charity will take a risk based approach to manage safeguarding concerns. Safeguarding will be built into the Charities risk management process by ensuring issues of safeguarding are considered as part of the risk assessment process. Safeguarding will be included in the Charities risk register as a stand-alone risk and will be kept under review.

2.5

PRIVACY POLICY

The Charity will ensure appropriate due diligence is undertaken on its partners, grant funders, sponsor's, donors and when recruiting staff, volunteers and trustees

The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust Equine Assisted Wellbeing Foundation and The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust  respects and protects the privacy of its users. This privacy policy tells you how we collect and use information.

We are bound by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), which sets out a number of principles concerning the privacy of individuals.

Collection of your personal information

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We take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is securely stored.

Access to any personal information provided by you is also restricted to our employees who need it to provide benefits or service to you.

Sharing of your personal information

We may occasionally engage other companies to provide services on our behalf. Those companies will be permitted to obtain only the personal information they need to deliver the service.

You may access the data that The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust Equine Assisted Wellbeing Foundation and The Shetland Pony Welfare Trust  has collected about you at any time. You may also choose to inform us of any incomplete or inaccurate data that we have collected about you. To do so, please send an email requesting this to spwelfaretrust@gmail.com

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

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