Safeguarding extra-curricular activity participants; The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) and Criminal Records Regime (CRR) regimes have changed as of 10 September 2012.
The new definition of ‘regulated activity’ as it will stand under the new Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, will comprise only:
(i) Unsupervised activities: which teach, train, instruct, care for or supervise children, or provide advice/guidance on well-being, or drive a vehicle only for children;
(ii) Work for a limited range of establishments (‘specified places’), with opportunity for contact: for example, schools, children’s homes, childcare premises. Not work by supervised volunteers;
Work under (i) or (ii) is regulated activity only if done regularly. The government is providing statutory guidance about supervision of activity which would be regulated activity if unsupervised.
(iii) Relevant personal care, for example washing or dressing; or health care by or supervised by a professional;
(iv) Registered child-minding; and foster-carers
That in the light of the above new definition of ‘regulated activity’, CRB checks are still required to be carried out in relation to any of their staff or volunteers who have unsupervised, regular access to vulnerable people, including children, as this constitutes ‘regulated activity’ under the new regime.
Note that there are plans to make CRB checks ‘portable’ in the future, to avoid checks having to be carried out for each member of staff or volunteer as they change roles but this change has not yet been legislated for.
Further information can be found at
‘Changes to disclosure and barring: What you need to know’
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