Swindon Local Safeguarding Children Board

Swindon LSCB brings together all the main organisations who work with children and families in Swindon, with the aim of ensuring that they work together effectively to keep children safe.

The core legislation underpinning the work of the LSCB is the Children Act 1989 and the Children Act 2004.  The LSCB’s objectives, as set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2010, are:

• To co-ordinate the work of agencies to safeguard children and promote the welfare of children within Swindon.
• To ensure the effectiveness of safeguarding children in Swindon

Swindon LSCB is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.

Guiding Principles - Swindon LSCB believes that:

• the welfare and safety of the child is paramount.
• we are stronger in safeguarding children if we all work together. This includes statutory and voluntary agencies and the wider communities.
• we should support families in bringing up their children safely, engaging with them in the wider agenda for safeguarding.
• we should provide an equitable, quality service to all children and their families.
• services should be provided which are appropriate to race, religion, culture, language, gender, sexual orientation and disability.
• we need to be accountable for our actions, open to challenge, and to learn from practice in order to achieve continuous improvement.
• that procedures and processes should be open and transparent.
• these principles should underpin everyone’s approach to safeguarding children and promoting their welfare, regardless of the extent of their involvement.

Swindon LSCB will further ensure that:

• Personal information is held confidentially and only by those who need to know.
• Safeguarding children is viewed in the wider context of their needs and rights.

Swindon LSCB has developed a Constitution to help it carry out its work. For further information, please view the document below which will open as a downloadable PDF document:

LSCB Constitution 2011/12 (128 kb)

Contact us:

You can contact Swindon LSCB or Mike Howard, the Independent Chair of Swindon LSCB, via any of the following:

LSCB Safeguarding Trainer
Geoff Wood
Tel: 01793 464365

LSCB Business Manager
Lesley Boorman
Tel: 01793 466839

Business Development Officer
Huma Rehman
Tel: 01793 463816

LSCB Administrator
Christine Mister
Tel: 01793 463803

Email: LSCB@swindon.gov.uk