The British Council is the United Kingdom’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.
In our work we meet many children and adults who are potentially at risk for a variety of reasons.
We aim to create a safe environment in which no child or adult will experience harm or exploitation during their contact with us.
We will, where reasonably practicable, follow relevant UK and International laws and standards, as well as ensuring local legal compliance.
The British Council is committed to：
- complying with relevant UK and international laws and standards and ensuring local legal compliance.
- valuing, respecting, and listening to children and adults, maintaining confidentiality, and acting proportionately.
- minimising and managing situations where abuse could occur, through maintaining strong protection systems and procedures including planning, risk assessment and safeguarding systems.
- sharing safeguarding best practice and information regarding safeguarding concerns with relevant parties, maintaining confidentiality so far as possible and involving children and adults where appropriate.
- taking action and investigating suspected abuse proportionately and appropriately.
We require all staff to ensure their behaviour is consistent with this policy. We also require that clients, customers, partners, and suppliers are made aware of this policy and operate within it.
We will provide adequate and appropriate resources to implement this policy and will ensure it is communicated throughout the organisation and understood by all staff.