Safeguarding children and adults at risk is a priority for the PDA Society and is a fundamental practice within our charity. The purpose of this policy is to protect children, young people and vulnerable adults who have contact with the PDA Society and to provide team members with the overarching principles that guide our approach to the protection of children and vulnerable adults.<\/p>\n
The PDA Society believes that a child, young person, or vulnerable adult should never experience abuse of any kind. We have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all
children, young people, and vulnerable adults to keep them safe.<\/p>\n
This policy applies to all our Employees, Trustees, Volunteers, Training Facilitators \/ Self-Employed Contractors or anyone working on behalf of PDA Society. For the purpose of this policy, all those listed above will be referred to as \u2018team members\u2019.<\/p>\n
We recognise that:<\/p>\n
This is why our team must understand:<\/p>\n
| Policy review period:<\/td>\n | Annually<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Last reviewed:<\/td>\n | September 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
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