Everyone deserves to feel safe and be treated with dignity and respect. Inspire Bucks is committed to protecting children, young people and adults at risk who come into contact with our work. We have an internal Safeguarding Policy and a designated Safeguarding Lead.
Inspire Bucks is not an emergency service or a statutory safeguarding agency. We cannot investigate allegations of abuse or provide an emergency safeguarding response.
If a concern is reported to us, we will refer it promptly to our Safeguarding Lead or an appropriate uninvolved Trustee and pass it to the relevant authorities where necessary. We will also take appropriate steps within our own activities to protect people, following our policy and advice from those authorities.
Please report concerns directly to the services below so they can assess the situation and take action. You do not need to contact Inspire Bucks first.
Call 999.
Do not wait for a reply from Inspire Bucks. Our email and contact form are not monitored continuously.
Contact Buckinghamshire Council’s children’s safeguarding team:
For non-urgent concerns, use the reporting form on the Council’s Report concerns about a child page.
Contact Buckinghamshire Council’s Adult Social Care First Response Team:
You can also use the Council’s Report abuse of an adult page.
For concerns outside Buckinghamshire, contact the relevant local council’s children’s or adult safeguarding service.
If your concern involves our activities or someone acting on our behalf, you can also email team@inspire-bucks.org, marking the subject “Safeguarding — for the Safeguarding Lead”.
Initially, provide a brief outline and a safe way to contact you. Please avoid sending detailed sensitive information through our general email or website form. We will explain how to share any further information needed.
If your concern involves our Safeguarding Lead, ask for it to be referred to an uninvolved Trustee. You can always report directly to the Council or police instead.
We will treat concerns sensitively, but cannot promise complete confidentiality: information may need to be shared with the appropriate authorities to protect someone from harm.