Safeguarding guidelines for Christmas dinner donors.

Please read these guidelines before registering to donate a hamper.

• Do not share the personal information of your family with anyone else not involved in the project and delete/destroy the information about the family after you have made your delivery.
• Only contact your family the minimum number of times (i.e. to introduce yourself as their donor and then to arrange your delivery).
• We ask you not to try to encourage a relationship with the family, as this could potentially cause risk on either side.
• Do not ask for additional information about the family e.g. age/sex of children.
• Do not include gifts, alcohol, tobacco or money.
• Delivery should normally be in the week leading up to Christmas (by 22nd). Please do not deliver outside this period unless, for example, you will be going away. If you are delivering early you might need to consider frozen items and if the family can store these.
• Deliver your dinner during daylight hours as far as possible.
• Deliver your dinner with another person, ideally in a mixed pair or as a family.
• UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ENTER THE PROPERTY OF YOUR FAMILY - your dinner must be handed over on the doorstep. This is for safeguarding and insurance reasons.
• If you feel the family are making requests against these guidelines or being unreasonable in any way, please raise your concerns with Feeding Families at christmas@feedingfamilies.org.uk

You may also download the Safeguarding Guidelines in PDF format.

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