TuVida Equality and Diversity Statement

The organisation is committed to encouraging diversity amongst its staff and trustees.

The organisation has a zero tolerance approach to unlawful discrimination.

The organisation aims to create a working environment where:

• all people are able to give of their best.
• there is no bullying, harassment or discrimination.
• all decisions are based on merit.

A copy of our Equality and Diversity policy is available on request. 

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TuVida safeguarding and child protection policy (England)

TuVida:

• recognises that the welfare of the child or young person is paramount and acknowledges that children and young people have the right to live in safety, free from abuse and neglect and that being and feeling safe will improve their wellbeing and quality of life
• endorses a child-centred approach to safeguarding and child protection, keeping the child or young person in focus when making decisions about their lives, listening to them, taking their views into account and working in partnership with them and their families
• recognises that everyone involved with services for children or young people has a role to play in protecting and promoting their welfare and that everything possible must be done to prevent, report and tackle abuse
• is committed to fostering an honest, open and transparent safeguarding culture for staff at all levels, ensuring they feel empowered to raise concerns in situations of both potential or actual abuse regarding children and young people, fully recognising that abuse can be carried out by friends and family, as well as by strangers and those providing services in a professional role
• recognises that structural disadvantages like poverty, racism and sexism interact with the pressures associated with adolescent development to limit the safety and choices available to children and young people within particular contexts6 .

The organisation seeks to honour the principles of The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, under which all children and young people have the right to:

• survive and grow
• participate and be heard
• fulfil their potential
• receive an education
• be healthy
• be treated fairly
• have a childhood

No form of corporal punishment will be used at any time against any child or young person to whom services are provided.

A copy of our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy is available on request.