Who Holds Safeguarding?

Safeguarding within XRUK is held by the Safeguarding Lead who sits within Rebel Support, a subcircle of the UK Rebel Hive.

The Safeguarding Lead is responsible for receiving safeguarding concerns, supporting appropriate responses, and ensuring that safeguarding matters are handled in line with this policy and relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

The Safeguarding Lead will have completed a basic DBS check and will comply with XRUK’s existing data protection and GDPR requirements and will have signed the XR Volunteer Agreement, including the Data Protection Agreement.

All information shared with the Safeguarding Lead will be treated with appropriate confidentiality and respect. Information will only be shared on a need-to-know basis, where there is a legitimate safeguarding, legal, or organisational requirement to do so.

Where appropriate, the Safeguarding Lead may consult with Rebel Support where there is overlap with the Harmful Behaviour process, or with Arrestee and Legal Support for advice, while maintaining appropriate confidentiality.