Scope
Keeping Children Safe (KCS) is committed to ensuring that its operations, activities and its supply chains are free of slavery and human trafficking.
KCS acknowledges responsibility to comply with all principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and will perform due diligence to provide transparency throughout the organisation. KCS is satisfied from its own due diligence there is no evidence of any act of modern day slavery or human trafficking within the organisation.
The Modern Slavery Act applies not only to KCS’s own employees but also to suppliers, sub-contractors and other business partners. There is a commitment to legal compliance, ethical standards and fundamental human rights.
To satisfy the requirement we have asked all of our suppliers to provide evidence of compliance to our code of conduct by agreeing to the following statement:
‘The contractor warrants that it has thoroughly investigated its labour practices and those of its direct suppliers to ensure that there is no slavery or forced labour used anywhere in its organisation or used in any of its direct suppliers’ or subcontractors’ organisation. The contractor further warrants that it has put in place all necessary processes, procedures, investigations and compliance systems to ensure that the warranties made above will continue to be the case at all times. Keeping Children Safe reserves the right to audit your supply chain at any time, with prior notice if it has reason to suspect that the above requirements have not been met.’
KCS Safe will not knowingly support or deal with any businesses involved in slavery or human trafficking.
Implementation, monitoring and review
The Trustees of KCS are ultimately accountable for this policy. The Chief Executive of KCS is responsible for its implementation and will provide the necessary resources to ensure that its practices are effective in ensuring that modern day slavery is not taking place.
The Keeping Children Safe Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking policy as approved by the Keeping Children Safe Board of Trustees in January 2017 was updated September 2025.
The policy is reviewed every three years or where any changes in legislation or discovery prompt early review.