End the Odds - DBS Safeguarding Reform

18/06/2026

NO MORE "LESSONS LEARNED"

Following the recent sentences in the Baby Preston case, another serious case review has been announced to examine how agencies shared information and whether opportunities to protect were missed.

Time and again, we hear the same phrase: "Lessons will be learned."

But how many times can we keep learning the same lessons?

When different agencies each hold part of the picture, those pieces need to come together. Police, health, education, social services and local authorities all play vital roles in safeguarding, but effective protection depends on communication as well as action.

No single agency can always see the full pattern alone.

This campaign has never been about criticising the professionals working within these services. It is about asking whether our systems do enough to connect the information that already exists before harm escalates.

Every serious case review should be an opportunity to improve how agencies work together and not just another report added to a shelf.

No more lessons learned. It's time for lessons applied.

10/06/2026

Thank you to Maya’s Law - Closing gaps in child safeguarding for sharing this article 👏

A regional police chief has urged the government to introduce stricter controls after a rise in vulnerable children living in “unregistered and…

10/06/2026

Well said Change The Check📢

Information that often won't appear on a DBS check..

🚫 Allegations

• Unproven allegations.
• Complaints that did not result in a conviction or caution.
• Historical safeguarding concerns that were never prosecuted.

🚫 Police investigations with no outcome

• Cases resulting in NFA (No Further Action).
•Cases where evidence thresholds weren't met.
• Investigations that never reached court.

🚫 Intelligence held by another force

• Information known to one police force may not automatically appear on a DBS.

• Enhanced DBS checks can include relevant local police information, but this is discretionary and not automatic.

🚫 Clare's Law disclosures

• Information disclosed under Clare's Law is not routinely transferred onto DBS certificates.

• Someone can receive a Clare's Law disclosure about an individual and that information may never appear on a DBS.

🚫 Civil orders and civil findings (often depends on circumstances)
Examples can include:

•Some injunctions.
•Some family court findings.
•Certain civil findings of stalking or harassment.
•Findings in family proceedings.
These don't automatically become criminal convictions.

🚫 Professional misconduct findings
Sometimes:

•Employment disciplinary findings.
Internal investigations.
•Resignations during investigations.
•Safeguarding concerns raised by employers.
may not appear on a DBS.

🚫 Historical concerns between agencies
Information held by:

•Social services.
•Housing providers.
•Schools.
•NHS trusts.
•Local authorities.

is not automatically visible on a DBS certificate.

🚫 Information held outside criminal records systems
Examples:

• Previous reports of neglect.
• Concerns raised by colleagues.
• Whistleblowing reports.
• Safeguarding referrals that didn't lead to criminal action.

Quite a list isn't it ?

07/06/2026

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03/06/2026

Please have a read and sign📝 and share if you agree ✅

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751115?utm_id=97759_v0_s00_e227_tv3_tp1&fbclid=IwVERDUASM0xhleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR7h1rTQDQMtQc-HGr0-mL_pgWsVMieOcsnPCO5OoTcIZF-ZhtvmhxzI_h8dUg_aem_OM_TVT5gnCJurzvzRWIDUw

I want the Government to review and strengthen DBS checks. Implement national pattern-recognition, improve cross-agency information sharing, create lifetime safeguarding records and automatic alerts to avoid missing repeated allegations or risks when people work with children or vulnerable adults.

03/06/2026

Just published.

A children's home in Salford has been criticised following serious safeguarding concerns.

Whatever your views on this individual case, it highlights an important point:

Safeguarding is about much more than a DBS check.

It depends on effective oversight, information sharing, supervision, accountability and ensuring concerns are identified and acted upon at the earliest opportunity.

When vulnerable children are placed in the care of adults and organisations, the systems designed to protect them must be robust and transparent.

Most residential care providers work incredibly hard to support vulnerable young people. However, when serious concerns are identified, it is right that questions are asked and lessons are learned.

Every child deserves to be safe. 💜

Article in comments.

27/05/2026

Thank you to the Salford Survivor Project for speaking out and helping raise awareness through this article.

This is one of the reasons this page is called End the Odds.

Because for many victims, the justice process itself can become another trauma.
Many withdraw due to fear, stress, re traumatisation, disbelief, or the impact the process has on their lives and mental health.

⚠️ Many sexual offences are never reported

⚠️ Only a small fraction ever result in a conviction

⚠️ Multiple allegations or arrests can still result in a “clean” DBS

⚠️ Positions of trust and respected job titles can create false reassurance

⚠️ Safeguarding should focus on prevention and pattern recognition, not just convictions

⚠️ A “clear” DBS does not always mean “no risk”

⚠️ Clare’s Law can help people make informed choices

When conviction rates are this low, safeguarding cannot rely solely on convictions to identify risk.

Would you bet on justice?

These two girls did.

And they didn’t receive any.

🔍Full link to article in comments

27/05/2026

💯 Salford Survivor Project well said 👏

The story of three teenagers avoiding jail for r**e is just another example of how the justice system fails victims, writes Jane Gregory

24/04/2026

Everyone Needs to read this! The background on the two ' carers' who abused a child in their care😔

Looking at what’s been reported, these are the facts:

⚠️ One of the carers should have already been barred from working with children due to previous substantiated concerns of neglect

⚠️ The other was a former soldier, previously known in the media as the “Taliban Terminator”

🔎 Both individuals had worked together
previously in similar roles with vulnerable children

⚠️ No relevant information had been submitted to DBS from that previous employment

⚠️Between them, there were multiple convictions, including violent offences

🔎 They were able to secure further employment working with children, with checks relying on incomplete information and references from a previous work associate!

🔎 Both organisations involved have since ceased operating, with one continuing under a different name

How does this happen?

Where does responsibility sit when information isn’t shared?

And where is the accountability when vulnerable children are placed in these environments?

This isn’t about one case.

It’s about whether systems are strong enough to identify risk and act on it , before harm occurs.

Change starts small 💜

Credit to Tom Wall and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism for this reporting. Link to full article👇
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026-04-02/carer-who-sexually-abused-girl-had-neglected-an-injured-child-in-previous-job

24/04/2026

More conversations are happening around safeguarding gaps , including unregistered children’s homes and how checks and oversight work in practice.

These issues don’t sit in isolation. They’re part of a wider system that needs to join up properly.

The more this is spoken about, the harder it becomes to ignore 💜

Maya’s Law - Closing gaps in child safeguarding 🙏