In today’s third sector, safeguarding is no longer a box-ticking exercise, it’s a measure of organisational integrity. High-profile failures have shown that even well-meaning charities can cause harm if safeguarding is not deeply embedded across governance, leadership, and day-to-day operations. At Third Sector Experts International, we often remind clients that compliance alone does not keep people safe, culture does. Real safeguarding starts when every trustee, employee, an