Child Safeguarding Statements have been introduced by the CHSCP to strengthen safeguarding leadership across all local organisations that work with or come into contact with children.  They are a simple, yet powerful tool that can help promote transparency and provide a focus on how we collectively safeguard children.  They can also help provide parents, carers and children themselves with reassurance that organisations / settings are safe, that risks are actively considered and that appropriate arrangements are in place to help and protect children from harm.