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Safeguarding Program Development

Trauma-informed safeguarding is not a policy you publish once. It's a system you build, test, and live inside of.

Organizations working with survivors, whistleblowers, or anyone in a position of vulnerability carry real responsibility for their well-being. Meeting that responsibility takes more than good intentions on paper. It takes a system people understand, trust, use, and are genuinely protected by.

I help organizations build the frameworks, reporting pathways, and internal culture that turn trauma-informed safeguarding from a document into a daily practice.

This work draws on 25+ years of leadership in domestic violence, sexual assault, and child welfare systems, and, for the last five, on trauma-informed safeguarding at the intersection of international sport, including co-chairing YourSide’s independent panel, the FIFA Foundation’s independent entity for survivors and whistleblowers of abuse in football/soccer.

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What This Work Looks Like

  • Policy and protocol development for organizations working with survivors of harm, children or others at heightened risk
  • Confidential and varied reporting pathways designed with attention to power dynamics, so people will actually use them
  • Welfare and support coordination for individuals navigating high-stakes or high-exposure situations
  • Protections for whistleblowers grounded in trauma-informed, survivor-centered principles
  • Independent review of existing safeguarding frameworks against current practice
  • Training for staff, boards, and leadership on safeguarding obligations and response
  • Coordination of safeguarding implementation across multi-partner or cross-border structures

What This Looks Like in Practice

What This Looks Like in Practice

Picture this: Your organization works with survivors of harm, or other people in vulnerable positions, and you have a safeguarding policy on file, but you’re not confident anyone would actually use it if something happened, nor if it would help vs. cause unintended consequences when applied to real life.

What You Can Expect When You Pay for This Service

  • Engagements are typically scoped as a defined project (assessment plus framework development) with an option for ongoing advisory support during implementation.
  • You will receive a tailored safeguarding framework and reporting protocol that your organization can actually put into practice, not a generic template.
  • If a safeguarding concern arises during the engagement, I will tell you directly if I believe the situation requires a response or additional resources I am not the right person to lead, such as legal counsel or law enforcement involvement.
  • Training delivered to staff and boards comes with materials they keep, so the knowledge doesn’t leave when the engagement ends.

Best for:

Governing bodies, social impact organizations, international advocacy organizations, social-impact organizations, and nonprofits that serve survivors of harm, or other vulnerable populations, and need a trauma-informed safeguarding framework that holds up in practice, not just on paper.

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