Our Policy

Working in Partnership

The diversity of organisations and settings means there can be great variation in practice when it comes to safeguarding children and young people. We will endeavour to work with the event organisers on all safety measures.

Good communication is essential in promoting safeguarding, both to those we wish to protect, to everyone involved in working with children and young people and to all those with whom we work in partnership. This safeguarding policy is just one means of promoting safeguarding.

Child Protection

We will ensure staff/contractors are aware of Safeguarding Children & Young people standards within the company, their role within the policy, and the consequence of not following our procedures.

Definition of a Child

The Children (NI) Order 1995 defines a ‘child’ as a person under the age of 18. Alexander Dunlop Media will endeavour to follow the legislative requirements, which set essential standards by way of good practice.

Definition of Safeguarding and Child Protection

Safeguarding is more than child protection. Safeguarding begins with promotion and preventative activity which enables children and young people to grow up safely and securely in circumstances where their development and wellbeing is not adversely affected. It includes support to families and early intervention to meet the needs of children and continues through to child protection. Child protection refers specifically to the activity that is undertaken to protect individual children or young people who are suffering, or are likely to suffer significant harm.

Recognising child abuse is not easy. It is not our responsibility at these events to decide whether or not child abuse has taken place or if a child or young person is at significant risk of harm from someone. We do, however, have both a responsibility and duty, as set out in our children and young people safeguarding policy and procedures, to report suspicions, concerns or incidents.