What is safeguarding?
Safeguarding
Keeping people safe from being hurt, abused, or neglected is called Safeguarding.
is making sure people are safe from abuse, ill treatment, neglect or exploitation.
Find out more about safeguarding
Our approach to safeguarding
Mencap have an obligation to keep the people with a
learning disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.
that we support and work with, safe.
This means ensuring that they maintain choice and control over their lives, and feel safe when they do so, including adults as well as all children and young people aged under 18 years old.
A supporters guide and Easy Read resources to help understand safeguarding
We have made two "Let's Talk About safeguarding" Easy Reads which are designed to help someone with a learning disability understand safeguarding and what to do if they, or someone else, are being abused or neglected.
For anyone that may need a little more support with these Easy Reads, we have also created a guide for supporters.
Raising a safeguarding concern
Everyone who has any dealings with Mencap should feel confident in the quality of our support and feel safe at all times.
If you don’t feel this way, please tell us.