VCFSE
The Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector (VCFSE)
Many VCFSE organisations and sports clubs provide education and activities for children as part of their work. Similar to staff in schools and colleges, the staff and volunteers working with children in these settings will often play an important role in building relationships, identifying concerns, and providing direct support to children. They can often be the first trusted adult to whom a child reports abuse. Therefore, many of these organisations will have a crucial role to play in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
The cMARS arrangements provide a number of resources to support the VCFSE sector which can be found here on the cMARS website from training courses, E-learning, tools, resources and information about conferences and events.
Voluntary, Charity, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector Information
Guidance on safeguarding policies for VCSE, Faith-Based and Private Sector Organisations – this document assists organisations to develop a safeguarding policy and includes a template
Community Vision
Community VISION offers support to all voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) groups and organizations working with children, young people and adults, in order to ensure they are able to meet their safeguarding responsibilities and keep people safe.
Community VISION offers a range of support to the VCSE sector, further information and resources can be found on their website: Community Vision Website.