Guidance for charities on managing public disorder
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The charity commission has offered the following guidance to charities following the recent public disorder events.
The main points are summarised below:
- Are you operating in an area which has seen or is at risk of unrest? If so and you wish to continue to operate what changes could be made to mitigate any risk to your staff, visitors or beneficiaries?
- Have you reviewed the entry points to your property for weaknesses should there be unrest? Can you restrict access/improve secure entry to the property?
- Are different entrances available?
- Do you have alternative exit routes from the property if required? Are these clear and communicated to staff visitors on arrival?
- Should an incident occur do you have a clear procedure in place for what staff / visitors should do to stay safe? Is everyone briefed on this procedure and is it clear who will issue instructions should an incident occur?
- Do you need to have first aid trained staff or volunteers onsite?
- Have you contacted the local police force community liaison team to agree contact points for sharing of specific risks or to seek specific advice and guidance on operating?
Some risks may be specific, or time bound such as an alert from police of a specific risk / threat based on their monitoring of social media or intelligence. You may therefore want to consider:
- Who in your charity / how your charity continually reviews the latest advice, guidance or alerts from police forces or other local authorities including monitoring of social media channels.
- If you are at higher risk do you need a procedure at the start of each day to assess risk and a clear channel or method to communicate with staff or beneficiaries prior to start of operations on whether or not they should attend site.
- Ensuring you have a clear process or nominated person responsible for acting upon any urgent alert or risk.
Charities should not hesitate to call emergency services if their staff, volunteers or beneficiaries face abuse, feel threatened, or are in danger.
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