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Oct 13th, 2025
Transitional Safeguarding in Further Education
The concept of transitional safeguarding is gaining traction within policy and practice circles, yet its application in the Further Education (FE) and post-16 sector remains underdeveloped.
Sep 17th, 2025
From Compliance to Culture: Volunteer Leadership in Safeguarding
What does it take to embed safeguarding into the core of a faith-based organisation - not just its policy folder? And how can volunteers be engaged to not only to follow safeguarding standards, but to lead them?
Sep 17th, 2025
Supporting Volunteers in Safeguarding: Structure, Boundaries and Respect
Volunteers are often at the heart of faith-based organisations, but how well are they supported when it comes to safeguarding? And what structures are needed to ensure that their passion and presence do not leave gaps in accountability or risk?
Sep 17th, 2025
Raising Concerns Early: Why Safeguarding Begins Before a Crisis
What stops people from speaking up when something feels “not quite right”? And how can safeguarding move beyond compliance to become part of a community’s everyday culture?
Sep 17th, 2025
Creating Child-Centred Safeguarding: Listening, Play, and Agency
What does it mean to truly listen to a child within safeguarding practice? And how can therapeutic methods such as play, metaphor and relational presence help children feel safe enough to share what matters most?
Sep 17th, 2025
Boundaries, Belonging, and Disability: Rethinking Safeguarding in Faith Contexts
What does it mean to belong in a community when boundaries are essential for safety? And how do our assumptions about vulnerability shape safeguarding policy and practice, especially for disabled individuals?
Sep 16th, 2025
Naming Harm, Building Culture: Spiritual Abuse and Safeguarding from Within
What happens when the person harming you speaks in the name of God? And how can safeguarding leaders respond when the culture around them is shaped by silence, obligation, or theological confusion?
Sep 16th, 2025
Desistance, Risk and Redemption: Rethinking Safeguarding After Conviction
When does someone with a criminal record stop being a risk? And how can safeguarding systems distinguish between danger and change without undermining safety?
Sep 16th, 2025
Why Inclusive Safeguarding Must Start With Listening
What does it mean to create a safeguarding policy that truly reflects the lives of those it is designed to protect? And how can faith communities shift from surface-level inclusion to frameworks that acknowledge power, difference, and marginalisation?
Sep 16th, 2025
Theology and Safeguarding: Faith in Practice
In this second interview for the Faithful Safeguarding series, I speak with Professor Marcus Pound, theologian and member of the Global Safeguarding Alliance. His recent work, The Cross of the Moment, explores the lived experience of abuse within Catholic communities and asks how theology can inform better safeguarding practice.
Sep 15th, 2025
Safeguarding in Faith Communities – Episode 1
Safeguarding is often described in policies and procedures as if it were a fixed set of rules, but in our first episode of the Faithful Safeguarding podcast, Professor Jo Clarke invites us to go deeper into the emotional heart of safeguarding, and the cultural challenges of doing it well, especially within faith settings.
Aug 13th, 2025
Ep 12 PART 2 Series Takeaway Review
This final episode examines balancing safety with rehabilitation, preventing issues through early intervention, addressing spiritual abuse, and maximizing volunteer potential in safeguarding.
Jul 03rd, 2025
Ep 11 PART 1 Series Key Takeaway Review
Madison revisits key insights from the first five episodes of Faithful Safeguarding, highlighting how safeguarding within faith communities requires everyone's involvement, theological integration, clear boundaries, and inclusive practices that address power dynamics.
May 01st, 2025
Ep 10 Closing Loopholes: Beyond the DBS Check
How do you transform volunteers into safeguarding champions? In this eye-opening conversation with Isabelle King, we unpack the critical role volunteers play in creating robust protection frameworks within faith communities.
Apr 11th, 2025
How getting inside the criminal mind led to helping employees to thrive
There are lots of ways that leaders can support staff. But the first step is to understand what wellbeing is. It’s not just putting out a bowl of fresh fruit, offering lunchtime yoga or holding an annual staff party. These are all lovely… but they’re unlikely to help your staff to thrive.
Apr 01st, 2025
Podcast Ep 9 Volunteers: Instilling Proper Boundaries
In this episode, safeguarding consultant Isabelle King from the Safeguarding Collective, gives us an extended and comprehensive look into ensuring teams, internal and external, employed and volunteering, are well-versed in creating safe spaces for all. Host Madison takes Isabelle through the following
Mar 13th, 2025
IN-CJ Podcast
The latest episode of the IN-CJ podcast, Just Psychology, brought together leading forensic psychologists to explore the role of psychology in the criminal justice system, examining its application in different jurisdictions and the challenges that come with shaping evidence-based practices.
Mar 11th, 2025
Mental Health Website Review 2024
We have checked available UK online mental health (MH) support and here is our breakdown…
Mar 05th, 2025
Ep 8 Can We Talk About Abuse in Faith? Understanding the Tough Topics
In this episode, we meet Tina Campbell, an international safeguarding consultant with extensive international experience, to discuss why everyone is responsible for supporting safeguarding efforts within the faith community.
Feb 05th, 2025
Ep 7 Proactive Safeguarding in Diverse Sectors
In this episode of Faithful Safeguarding, Madison Clarke speaks with Simon Davies, a former Australian Federal Police Detective and experienced safeguarding consultant.