Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

Embrace aims to provide a happy, healthy and safe environment where children can learn new skills.

Embrace believes children have the right to be safe and secure and free from threat, regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexuality or beliefs.

Embrace will act with integrity, treating children with respect, listening to their concerns and acting upon them. We have an appointed Safe Guarding Officer Jade Stewart – Tribe.

Any person teaching children for Embrace will have an Enhanced DBS check. 

Photography/videography will only take place with consent from parents/carers. Consent will also be sought if this material is used for publicity. Children that appear in photographs on www.embracedancefitness.co.uk will not be named. To reduce the risk of inappropriate use of images, only images deemed suitable will be used. Anyone with any complaints about images posted on the website/Facebook page can speak to Sammy Jo Crocker and the images will be removed. The expectations for parents or spectators who wish to take photographs or film at an event are to avoid inappropriate or intrusive photography. Any child or parent who has concerns regarding inappropriate or intrusive photography must report their concerns to Embrace who will act in the same manner as they would with any other child protection concern and will pass any information on to our Safeguarding Officer. 

Embrace has procedures in place to help any child who appears to be at risk or appears to be the victim of abuse. We will provide help and support if any child tells us they are affected by these issues.

Owner Sammy Jo Crocker and our Safeguarding Officer are responsible for children and child protection and can be contacted on 01326378730 or hello@embracedancefitness.co.uk. Embrace has a child protection policy as we are taking the initiative in making our organisation as safe as possible for children. In writing the policy we used STOPCHECK an NSPCC guide for organisations to safeguard children and the procedures we will follow are as laid down within these guidelines.