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You do not give any details of the church, however I am writing as someone who works in a similar environment in a number of Anglican churches as well as a secular attraction that has over 50 school visits a year. My points are: None of the sites I currently work with have undertaken safeguarding training for volunteers, as at no time does any volunteer have unaccompanied access to children. However at the secular siite volunteers are briefed about accidental access such as use of toilets when groups are on site. If the church is an active church, it is the responsibility of the Church Council (or equivalent) to have a safeguarding policy and you will be required to work to this. All the churches I work with have these in place. Again many Church of England parishes will buy into a joint scheme for Safeguarding training and it might be possible to access this. So if the church you work with is a Church of England one, look on the Diocesan web-site for the Safeguarding officer and contact them. I do agree that safeguarding training is actually a good thing for all involved in visitor attractions. Regards Nick . On 28/01/2016 12:45, Anne-Marie Sandos wrote: > Dear GEM, > > I have been tasked with arranging safe guarding training for a group > of volunteer tour guides working in a church. We have very few school > groups visit us and on the rare occasions children visit they are > accompanied by adults. > > That said I think that safeguarding training would be very valuable. > However I think that the kind of training necessary for school > teachers might frighten them off and not be so relevant as schools are > quite different environmentsl with different obligations. > > We have a safeguarding trainer locally who is highly recommended but > she is very busy and only has time to deliver her fixed workshop which > is schools focussed. > > My question to folks out there is do you know of a qualified > safeguarding trainer who would be able to advise on the development of > a policy and deliver training suitable to volunteers at a heritage site ? > All the best, > > Anne-Marie Sandos > Historian and storyteller > Face to Face History > 07973907852 > email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > web: www.facetofacehistory.org.uk <http://www.facetofacehistory.org.uk/> > twitter: @f2fhistory > facebook: www.facebook.com/facetofacehistory > <http://www.facebook.com/facetofacehistory> > youtube: www.youtube.com/user/FacetoFaceHistory > <https://www.youtube.com/user/FacetoFaceHistory> > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list > owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information > about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see > the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +