Beginner · Free · Signed certificate
Safeguarding for Centre leaders
Keeping volunteers, communities and children safe at every drive your Centre runs.
Free for everyone in the sector
Create an account to save your progress, take the chapter quizzes and earn the certificate.
The courseFoundations
- Chapters
- 4
- Lessons
- 8
- Questions
- 44
- Level
- Beginner
- Duration
- ~1 hour
- Valid as of
- September 2026
What you’ll be able to do
- Explain why safeguarding comes before any drive, story or deadline
- Run a drive that follows the two-adult rule and the safety plan
- Know what the law asks of you when a child may be at risk
- Take photos and write stories with consent, without identifying children
- Respond calmly to a disclosure and report it the right way, within hours
Syllabus
Every lesson ends with a quick check. Each chapter ends with a quiz you need 60% to pass, and the course ends with a final assessment (80% to pass).
1Chapter 1Why safeguarding comes firstWho you're keeping safe, what a Social Leader is responsible for, and the law you need to know.
2Chapter 2Safe drivesThe safety plan, the two-adult rule, and what to do on the day, including in an emergency.
3Chapter 3Photos, stories and privacyConsent before every photo and story, never identifying children, and keeping people's details private.
4Chapter 4When something worries youResponding to a disclosure, reporting within hours, and keeping to the code of conduct.
- Final assessment and certificate15 questions · 80% to pass · unlocks when every chapter is passed