Download our template report
If you're the trust's safeguarding lead, use this template to help you write your annual safeguarding report to the trust board. Adapt it to your trust's particular safeguarding needs.
Trustees should be able to get a clear picture of your trust's safeguarding context and your priorities.
It's also good practice to write termly safeguarding reports to your safeguarding link trustee, so that you can cover specific areas of concern or improvement
Don't include confidential information
Trustees don't need to know the details or specific safeguarding incidents or who was involved. The report is there to provide a picture of the trust's overall safeguarding context, as well as its strengths and weaknesses.
Don't include confidential or sensitive data.
Prepare for questions from your trustees
Your trust board are there to ask challenging questions and scrutinise your