What is safeguarding?

Safeguarding is any action taken to protect young people and vulnerable adults from maltreatment. To report a safeguarding concern is to respond to allegations or suspicions regarding a young person’s or vulnerable adult’s safety or welfare.

Who should fill in this form?

It should be completed by any volunteer, staff member at a partner organisation, parent/guardian, or young person who has a safeguarding concern that directly relates to a Raspberry Pi Foundation programme, activity, or event.

Anyone involved in a volunteer-led activity (e.g. Code Club/CoderDojo/Raspberry Jam) should first report any concerns directly to the member of management at the host venue (e.g. school) who is responsible for investigating safeguarding concerns, before then completing this form and sending it to the appropriate safeguarding lead at the Foundation.

Host venue staff as well as people involved in Foundation-led activities and/or events should also use this form to report their concerns to the appropriate safeguarding lead at the Foundation.

Please submit this form to your designated safeguarding lead as soon as possible following the emergence of any safeguarding concern.

Any personal data that you share with us will be stored safely, in compliance with our data protection policy.

Raspberry Pi Foundation designated safeguarding leads

Code Club (UK/ROI): Lorna Gibson, lorna@raspberrypi.org;

Code Club (rest of the world): James Aslett, james.aslett@raspberrypi.org

CoderDojo: Sonja Bienert, sonja@coderdojo.org

Raspberry Jams: Tom Hadfield, tom@raspberrypi.org

Events: Helen Drury, helen.drury@raspberrypi.org

Foundation educators: Marc Scott, marc@raspberrypi.org

If your concern is urgent, you can also contact us via our safeguarding number, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

UK: +44 (0) 800 1337 112 (Freephone)

Outside of the UK: +44 (0) 203 6377 112 (local charges apply)

Please provide your details in case we need to contact you.

Your name:

Name of your organisation (if applicable):

Telephone number:

Email address:

Has a parent/guardian been notified of this concern?

YesNo

Please provide details of what was said/action agreed.

Are you reporting your own concerns or responding to concerns raised by someone else?

Reporting my own concernsResponding to concerns raised by someone else

Date and time of the incident, near miss, or concern:

Address/location of the incident, near miss, or concern:

Details of the incident, near miss, or concern:

Details of actions taken to date:

Has the incident been reported to any external agencies/organisations?

YesNo

Please provide:

Contact person:

Name of agency/organisation:

Telephone number:

Email address:

Agreed action or advice given:

Data processing

I agree to the Raspberry Pi Foundation processing my data in accordance with the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s privacy policy, which contains information about how the Raspberry Pi Foundation uses my personal information.