Charity Retail Safeguarding Scheme

Helping to keep staff, volunteers and customers safe

A free CRA member resource – the tools needed to set up a licensing scheme for charity shops so they can visibly be seen to conform to safeguarding requirements. The template documents and e-learning course aim to ensure your stores’ safe recruitment practices and that management keep a core focus on safeguarding young people and vulnerable adults.

If you do not have such a scheme we recommend considering the CRSS as a straightforward way of creating one. It has been designed to be operable by any charity running shops, whatever their size.

Please note: The scheme does NOT offer proof of adequacy of your safeguarding arrangements. It offers a structured way of showing that shops have met your safeguarding requirements and provides them with a licence to display.

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Get started
Head over to our Members’ Area where you can start your application. You will also find our ‘Introduction’ download which explains how the scheme works and what you will need to supply to us. If you are unsure if your charity has the necessary documents in place to take part then you will be able to check them against the ‘Introduction’ and, if needed, access sample documents you can use as templates.

Our thanks
We’re very thankful to Barnardo’s and British Heart Foundation for providing the templates and information that this scheme and its resources are based on. Without their help and guidance the CRSS would not have been possible

Contact us
If you have any questions you can get in touch on crss@charityretail.org.uk or call us on 0300 030 1088.