Safeguarding Policy

Who we are, and what this policy covers

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Kulturalism CIC is a public-interest community safety organisation, publisher and independent watchdog. We produce handbooks, research, campaigns and educational content on crime, exploitation, imprisonment and community safety.

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We are not a statutory safeguarding authority, a support service, or a casework agency. We do not deliver services to children or vulnerable adults, we do not hold formal safeguarding case files, and we do not carry out investigations. Those are the responsibility of the statutory agencies.

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This policy explains how we act responsibly where safeguarding touches our work — through the content we publish, the concerns that reach us, and our duty to pass those concerns to the people who can act on them.

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Our commitment

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Much of our work concerns people who may be vulnerable — those affected by crime, exploitation, abuse, imprisonment or disadvantage, including children at risk. We take that seriously.We are committed to:

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• producing content that informs and protects, and never content that could place a person at greater risk

• treating anyone who contacts us with dignity and respect

• recognising a safeguarding concern when we see one, and acting on it

• passing concerns promptly to the statutory agencies who can respond

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We work to the principles of the Care Act 2014 for adults at risk, and the Children Act 1989 and 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023) for children.

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Recognising harm

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We are alert to all forms of abuse and exploitation, including: physical, sexual and emotional abuse; domestic abuse and coercive control; sexual exploitation; child criminal exploitation and county lines; modern slavery and trafficking; financial abuse; neglect; substance and alcohol-related harm; harm linked to mental illness or vulnerability; and anti-social behaviour and community intimidation.

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We recognise that dependency, disadvantage and coercion can increase a person's exposure to harm, and that children drawn into exploitation are victims in law even where they are treated as offenders.

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What we do if a concern reaches us

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Because we publish and campaign, people sometimes contact us about themselves or someone else. If a safeguarding concern reaches us, whether through a form, an email or any other route:

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• our Designated Safeguarding Lead reviews it

• where there is reasonable cause to believe a child or adult is at risk of harm, we refer it to the appropriate statutory agency — the local authority, the police, or both — without delay

• where someone is in immediate danger, we direct to, or contact, the emergency services

• we do not investigate, and we do not attempt to manage the risk ourselves; our role is to make sure the concern reaches those who can

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Please note: our website contact forms and email are not an emergency or crisis service and are not monitored at all times. If someone is in immediate danger, always call 999.

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Information handling and lawful sharing

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Any safeguarding information we receive is treated as strictly confidential and shared only with statutory safeguarding agencies, on a need-to-know basis.

We may share information without consent where we reasonably believe a child or adult is at risk of harm, abuse or exploitation, in accordance with safeguarding legislation and data protection law. UK GDPR permits this: protecting someone from harm is a lawful basis for sharing.

We process any such personal data lawfully, fairly and only where there is a clear safeguarding, legal or public-interest basis, and we keep it no longer than necessary. See our Privacy Policy.

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Safe content

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Because our work reaches young and vulnerable readers, we safeguard through the content itself:

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• our resources are written to reduce risk, explain rights, and signpost help — never to glamorise or instruct harm

• material dealing with mature themes carries age guidance (see our Legal & Public Interest Disclaimer)

• our narrative titles use composite, fictional characters and do not identify real individuals

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If you are concerned about someone

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• In immediate danger — call 999

• Non-emergency police — call 101

• Worried about a child — contact your local authority children's services, or the NSPCC helpline on 0808 800 5000

• Worried about an adult at risk — contact your local authority adult social care safeguarding team

• To raise a concern with us — email our Designated Safeguarding Lead at info@kulturalism.org

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We will make sure any concern reaches the right agency, but we cannot replace them — please contact the statutory services directly where a person is at risk.

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Review

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This policy is reviewed regularly and updated as our work develops. The version on this page, with the date above, is the current one.

 

Kulturalism CIC · Company number 14675264 · Registered in England and Wales

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