Keeping people safe

Our commitment

Everyone who takes part in our programmes, works for us or volunteers with us should be safe and treated with respect. This applies to the Lumiere Leadership Academy, Women in Leadership and Governance, the Lumiere Leadership Network and Lumiere Advisory, online and in person.

Children and young people

Some Women in Leadership and Governance sessions (Leading Aright) are for secondary school students. For them:

• Young people never sign up with us directly. A school arranges their place, or a parent or guardian gives consent.
• We collect only the information we need, and never send marketing to anyone under 18.
• We publish photos or stories of young people only with the written consent of a parent or guardian.
• Links to online sessions are given only to the people taking part, never on a public page.
• Our information for young people and their parents explains, in plain words, how we look after their information.

Placements and partners

Organisations that host MATCH placements, and mentors and coaches who work with participants, are vetted and given an orientation on their supervisory and safeguarding responsibilities before they start.

How to raise a concern

If you are worried about the safety or wellbeing of anyone in our programmes, or about the behaviour of anyone working with them, please tell us. You do not need proof.

• If someone is in immediate danger, call 112 (the Nigerian emergency number) first.
• Use the form below. Only the Executive Director can read what you send, not programme staff, so you can raise a concern about anyone, including programme leadership. You can stay anonymous.
• Email [safeguarding@lumiereresources.org].
• Independent contact. If your concern is about the Executive Director, or you would rather speak to someone outside Lumiere, contact [name, role and contact details of the independent external person].

The designated safeguarding lead is [name and role].

What happens next

We acknowledge every report that gives a way to reach you within [2 working days]. We take every concern seriously, look into it promptly and fairly, and involve the authorities where the law requires or someone is at risk. We share what you tell us only with the people who need to know to keep someone safe. No one who raises a concern in good faith will be treated unfairly for doing so.