Safeguarding Training

Hub Cymru Africa runs regular training in safeguarding for the Wales and Africa community. This training is free, takes place online via Zoom, and requires active participation in order to create the best learning environment, and benefit from it.

We offer four levels of training:

This training will take participants through the essential safeguarding practices and requirements for organisations working in global solidarity with partners in Africa. The training will:

• Define safeguarding within an international context, and within the context in Wales
• Explain global safeguarding standards and how to meet them
• Discuss situations and behaviours of safeguarding concern
• Explain the safeguarding cycle, and the three pillars of prevention, reporting and response, and how to apply these in your organisation taking a survivor-centred approach
• Share tools to assess risk and identify gaps in practice
• Share templates for key documents that you will need to have in place to underpin best practice in prevention, response and reporting.

This training builds on the essentials training, focusing on:

• Roles and responsibilities of the “Safeguarding Focal Point”
• Roles and responsibilities of trustees in relation to safeguarding, including the specific responsibilities of the “Safeguarding Trustee”
• Leadership and facilitating a safe organisational culture
• Responding to an incident, including managing investigations
• Reporting, including reporting to the Charity Commission
• Donor requirements in relation to safeguarding
• Share templates for key documents that you will need to have in place to underpin best practice in prevention, response and reporting.

For anyone who has completed training in the past 2 years who would like to refresh their practice through discussion of case studies. 

You can also submit your own case study for discussion by emailing us at advice@hubcymruafrica.wales.

We also run training specific to health partnerships on request. Please email us to enquire about this on advice@hubcymruafrica.wales

Book next training date here: hubcymruafrica.wales/events

Hub Cymru Africa and WCVA also offer 1:1 Safeguarding Surgeries to discuss any aspect of your practice. You can request a session at any time by emailing advice@hubcymruafrica.wales.

WCVA runs regular training for trustees of organisations in Wales. Further information is here.

The International Engagement team at the Charity Commission also run regular safeguarding sessions for trustees and operational staff. You can sign up for information here.

The following are links to other organisations who offer safeguarding training and support.

Can be used by organisations when they are conducting internal trainings on safeguarding, either in whole or in part for shorter sessions.

Provider and cost:

• Safeguarding Support Hub
• Free account required
• Free course.

Length of time:

• 2-4 hours.

Translation available?

• Slides translated into many languages including Swahili, Hausa, Somali, Arabic.

Self-guided and self-paced online course.

Provider and cost:

• Kaya Connect/
• Humanitarian Leadership Academy
• Free account required
• Free course.

Length of time:

• 6 modules, 1.5 hours.

Translation available?

• Arabic
• French
• Spanish.

Developed by International Medical Corps and Concern Worldwide.

Provider and cost:

• Safeguarding Resource & Support Hub
• Free account required
• Free course.

Length of time:

• 4 modules
• 3 hours each.

Translation available?

• English only.

Interaction training, covers the fundamental elements all organisations should have in place to adequately prevent and respond to the sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of communities.

Provider and cost:

• Disaster Ready
• Free account required
• Free course.

Length of time:

• 35 minutes.

Translation available?

• English only.

Materials for a Facilitator to use for internal training.

Provider and cost:

• Safeguarding Resource & Support Hub – Nigeria

Length of time:

• 4.5 hours.

Translation available?

• Swahili
• French
• Arabic.

Provider and cost:

• Interaction

Length of time:

• Series of modules to use in internal training

Translation available?

• Materials are also available in:
  • Arabic
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • Ukrainian
  • Swahili.

Provider and cost:

• Third Sector Support Wales
• Need to register details for a log-in
• Free training.

Length of time:

• 75 minutes.

Translation available?

• Cymraeg
• English.