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Child Protection Policy Statement

Please note that we are registered with ChildSafe!
 (this conforms with the Moravian Church and The Boys' Brigade Child Protection Policies)

a) All BB Companies operate within each Church, Christian organisation or school that chooses to have the BB as it's Christian Uniformed Youth Organisation. The Boys' Brigade is the premier worldwide Uniformed Christian Youth Organisation.

b) All Officers and Leaders are appointed by "the Church" which, for 2nd Bath, is the Weston Free Church (Moravian) after undergoing local checks and interviews. This is followed by an additional check at County level (Somerset) and another at National level (BBHQ).

c) Helpers are registered but are not allowed to work unsupervised with young people. NCOs (Boys 14 years and over) are appointed by the Company Captain and work under supervision with an Officer.

d) ALL Officers and Instructors are legally registered as youth leaders with The Boys' Brigade and legally have CRB certified checks to Enhanced Disclosure level. These checks are subject to annual review and last a period of 5 years before renewal. The nature of the CRB check is to allow staff to work with young people in The Boys' Brigade - even for activities in which they may be in a position to work alone. You can contact BBHQ directly with any query you have by clicking here.

e) Any Child Protection issue is to be discussed with the Company Captain and/ or Chaplain as a confidential matter which will be investigated as necessary.

f) With our Staff either being members or adherents to "the Church" and after undergoing FOUR separate checks (including CRB) before receiving an appointment, we endeavour to provide the best character references for our Leaders with an aim to discourage "opportunists" who may try to deceive their way in as a youth leader.

4th September 2009