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• Listening to, relating effectively to and valuing children and adults with care and support needs whilst ensuring their protection within church activities.
• Encouraging and supporting parents/carers
• Ensuring that those working with children and adults with care and support needs are recruited safely and given support and training
• Having a system for dealing with concerns about possible abuse

All activities for children and adults with care and support needs should include the following:

• Valuing, listening and respecting all individuals
• Safe recruitment ensuring that all necessary checks are made
• Adoption of safeguarding best practice through safeguarding policy, training and support for all workers
• Each activity to have registration including leaders
• Each child should have a completed consent form for activities
• Accident and Incidents should be logged and followed up
• Leadership ratios are to be kept as follows:
  • General rule: Two leaders per group regardless. Ideally one of each sex. Leaders under 18 years of age should not be counted in the leadership ratios.
  • School years 2–13: 1 leader per 8 children.
  • School year 1 down to and including 3 year olds: 1 leader with every 4 children.
  • From 0 to 2 year olds the ratio is 1 leader per 3 children, but there must be a leader present for every under 1 year old.
• Food handling procedures must be abided by.
• First Aid equipment must be available and checked regularly and at least one group leader trained in First Aid.
• Fire evacuation – be aware of exits and procedure
• Each group should have a general risk assessment for normal activities and then each additional different activity should have an individual risk assessment.