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Safeguarding is core business for any charity, particularly those such as the Church of Ireland, which provide a wide range of events and activities for children and young people.
Good safeguarding practice has developed over decades because of the bravery of victims/survivors to speak out about the abuse they experienced, often in the face of fierce and powerful opposition. Victims/survivors have to navigate their own self–doubts and inner critic and can then be faced by organisational or cultural resistance that seeks to deny, minimise or hide their experiences.
This courage to speak out is evident…
