Kazien Safeguarding

01/08/2026

23/07/2026

Our Director, Leigh McFarlane is delighted to be delivering this course - new to the Children in Northern Ireland (CiNI) training portfolio. Healthy cultures are key for any organisation and for the people who they connect with. We would love to have you join us. Booking details in the post below ⏬️

🎓 New course now available to book!

Bookings are now open for Creating and Sustaining Healthy Cultures the newest addition to our training portfolio.

Designed for leaders and those in pastoral and organisational roles across faith, charity, education and community settings, this course provides a framework for understanding and developing healthy cultures where safeguarding is embedded in everyday practice.

Find out more and secure your place today: https://buff.ly/qx7k7UJ

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22/07/2026

Kaizen Safeguarding's statement on the Northern Ireland Executive's publication of the 3 Historical Clerical Child S*x Abuse reports. These are vital reading for anyone working in the faith-based context or in safeguarding. The recommendations are vital if churches are to truly become safe spaces.
We've seen similar recommendations on a global scale in recent years, it is time to respond with meaningful survivor centred change.

14/07/2026

Press Statement from Kaizen Safeguarding

Kaizen Safeguarding calls for consideration of a single independent inquiry into safeguarding issues

Kaizen Safeguarding has today published a Position Statement expressing concern that the increasing number of safeguarding reviews relating to Jeffrey Donaldson and associated organisations risks creating fragmented learning, inconsistent findings and unnecessary complexity for victims and survivors.
The independent safeguarding consultancy says that while every organisation has a responsibility to review its own safeguarding arrangements, multiple parallel reviews operating with different remits inevitably raise questions about governance, coordination, evidence sharing and public confidence.
Kaizen Safeguarding has also expressed support for the principles outlined by the Northern Ireland Survivor Council regarding independence, survivor involvement and trauma-informed practice.

Director Leigh McFarlane said:

"Victims and survivors deserve safeguarding review processes that are independent, transparent, survivor-informed, trauma-informed and beyond reproach. Safeguarding reviews exist for a clear purpose: to establish the truth, identify learning, strengthen safeguarding practice and restore confidence.

Where multiple reviews are examining interconnected issues, every effort should be made to ensure those processes complement one another, minimise unnecessary burden on victims and survivors, and inspire public confidence through openness, independence and meaningful survivor involvement from the very outset."

Kaizen Safeguarding believes there is now a compelling case for the Northern Ireland Executive and the UK Government to consider whether a single independent inquiry, with meaningful survivor involvement and appropriate powers, would better serve victims, survivors and the wider public than multiple separate review processes.

The full Kaizen Safeguarding Position Statement is available at Media — Kaizen Safeguarding

09/07/2026

🌟Our new safeguarding training programme is now live!🌟

🌱Whether you're looking to strengthen safeguarding practice, develop leadership confidence or build healthier organisational cultures, we'd love to welcome you to one of our upcoming courses.

Our training is developed and delivered by experienced safeguarding professionals, is trauma-informed, survivor-centred, and aligned to relevant national guidance and standards. Whatever sector you work in, our courses are practical, engaging and designed to provide knowledge and skills that you can apply immediately in your role.

🌏Training is available across Northern Ireland, Scotland, the wider UK, Ireland and internationally. If you don't see the course you're looking for, we'd be delighted to develop bespoke training tailored to your organisation's needs.

🌟Upcoming Courses🌟

💻Safeguarding Children & Young People
• Northern Ireland – 19 August 2026
• NI Faith-Based Context – 2 September 2026
• Northern Ireland – 7 October 2026
• Scotland – 22 October 2026
• NI Faith-Based Context – 10 November 2026

💻Safeguarding Adults (Northern Ireland)
• 17 September 2026
• 13 October 2026
• 1 December 2026

💻Healthy Practice in Receiving Disclosures & Practitioner Well-being (All contexts/ international)
• 22 September 2026
• 13 October 2026
• 21 October 2026

💻Safeguarding for Designated Leads & Senior Managers (Northern Ireland)
• 8 September 2026
• 14 October 2026
• 18 November 2026
• 1 December 2026

💻Creating & Sustaining Healthy Cultures in Faith Organisations (All contexts/international)
• 22 October 2026
• 19 November 2026
• 9 December 2026

💻Creating & Sustaining Healthy Cultures in Organisations (All contexts/international)
• 16 September 2026
• 4 November 2026
• 8 December 2026

💻Safeguarding for Trustees & Senior Managers (Northern Ireland)
• 24 September 2026
• 15 October 2026
• 20 November 2026

Find out more about our training at www.kaizensafeguarding.org/training
Book your place online at Kaizen Safeguarding Course Booking

02/07/2026

Today our Director, Leigh McFarlane spoke on BBC Talkback about safeguarding in faith communities. Along with Andrew Greystone and Mandy Cooke we discussed spiritual abuse, the harms caused by unregulated faith-based counselling, disclosures, risk and the wider context of faith-based safeguarding.

Available on BBC Sounds, or by clicking the link below ⏬

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002y93k?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

25/06/2026

Didn't get to see our webinar last week over on CPOMS Safeguarding, Pastoral, Wellbeing Solution? If you want to learn more about receiving safeguarding disclosures well, the difference this makes to children and young people; and how to look after practitioner wellbeing, then this webinar is for you!

It's available at https://go.cpoms.co.uk/safeguarding-in-northern-ireland-disclosures-and-practitioner-wellbeing

17/06/2026

Educators- it's not too late to book onto this webinar. We'd love to see you there!

In a couple of days we’ll be hosting our next webinar in partnership with Leigh McFarlane, Director of Kaizen Safeguarding.

This session will draw from trauma-informed practice, reflective learning and real-world safeguarding experience in the Northern Ireland context and beyond.

🗓 Friday 19 June 2026
⏰ 15.00 BST

Reserve your place now, https://bit.ly/4okkhjB

10/06/2026

We're delighted to be at the NICVA (Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action) Summit today! If you are one of the many incredible organisations that are here today, please do stop by and say hello!