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Safeguarding is a term used in the United Kingdom, Ireland [1] and Australia [2] to denote measures to protect the health, well-being and human rights of individuals, which allow people—especially children, young people and vulnerable adults—to live free from abuse, harm and neglect.
Safeguarding is the duty of a person given the powers of responsibility for the child to take the necessary measures to protect the child. If a child is physically or sexually abused then there is an (abusive) person responsible for the assault and a (negligent) person responsible for failing to protect from the assault.
Wikipedia does not tolerate inappropriate adult–child relationships. Editors who attempt to use Wikipedia to pursue or facilitate inappropriate adult–child relationships, who advocate inappropriate adult–child relationships on- or off-wiki (e.g. by expressing the view that inappropriate relationships are not harmful to children), or who ...
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created following the UK Government accepting recommendation 19 of the inquiry headed by Sir Michael Bichard , which was set up in the wake of the Soham Murders .
The charity works through local safeguarding children's boards (LSCBs), where the police, health, social and education services and others can work together. The charity is regularly audited and publishes its annual report and accounts as required by the Charity Commission.
Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law.
The following content must be filtered or blocked: Obscenity as defined by Miller v. California (1973); Child pornography as defined by 18 U.S.C. 2256; Harmful to minors; Some of the terms mentioned in this act, such as "inappropriate matter" and what is "harmful to minors", are explained in the law.
Safeguarding can also refer to efforts to allow future infrastructure to be built more easily, such as a straight piece of railway line at the location of a planned future station, [6] or space for a future service area on a motorway. This is sometimes referred to as 'passive provision'.