Child safeguarding
Oak Foundation envisages a world in which all children and adults are protected from all forms of harm, abuse, and exploitation.
Oak commits to ensuring that through all its programmes and operations, it will strive to prevent harm and promote the safety, protection, and wellbeing of children.
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Child safeguarding at Oak Foundation
Oak Foundation’s Child Safeguarding Policy states our expectations for how we, as a foundation, will prevent and respond to safeguarding concerns, and how we will hold ourselves accountable.
Although Oak’s staff and associates rarely come into direct contact with children through their work, we support and fund organisations that do. We recognise our responsibility and duty of care to safeguard and protect children who engage with our foundation or our grantees. This includes taking proactive steps to prevent harm, identify risks, and respond to safeguarding concerns. We require grantees to have appropriate child safeguarding measures in place. Where grantees need support to strengthen their safeguarding approach, we provide guidance and resources to help them lead and operate safe organisations.
We also acknowledge that Oak staff and associates may witness, suspect, or be involved in a safeguarding concern, and must be prepared to act in accordance with our safeguarding procedures.
Our policy
The policy is available in English and Portuguese. We have also developed a Q&A document which includes the most frequent questions. You can download the PDFs below.
Child Safeguarding Policy
The Child Safeguarding Policy helps us lay down standards of conduct and behaviour, provides a clear overview of what is acceptable and not, and gives instructions in cases of violations. It was revised in November 2025. Discover what this policy entails by reading the following document.
Política de Proteção e Salvaguarda da Criança
A Política de Salvaguarda da Criança ajuda‑nos a definir padrões de conduta e comportamento, fornece uma visão clara do que é aceitável e do que não é, e estabelece orientações para os casos de violação. Foi revista em novembro de 2025. Descubra o que esta política abrange lendo o documento seguinte.