People urged to share experiences of safeguarding

MLCs considering how well arrangements work on Island

People who have personal experience of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults on the Isle of Man are being invited to talk to politicians.

A working group of three MLCs - Kirstie Morphet, Rob Mercer and Gary Clueit - is looking at how well arrangements work on the Island.

It’s part of the work of the Standing Committee on the Business and Functioning of the Council which is reviewing the Safeguarding Act 2018.

Safeguarding means protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse, exploitation and neglect including self-neglect.

Submissions are welcomed from people with their own personal experience, family members and carers, charities and voluntary organisations.

Experiences from health and social care services, schools, the police or other organisations with safeguarding responsibilities can also be submitted.

People will be asked about how easy they found it to raise a concern, their experience of the referral process, how the concern was responded to and whether or not it made a difference.  

Written submissions need to be received by the working group by 18 December; they can be emailed to committees@tynwald.org.im.

The terms of reference for the inquiry can be found here.

The call for evidence is not a way to report a safeguarding concern - or request urgent help - and the inquiry cannot investigate, or resolve, individual complaints or intervene in individual cases.