Sir Roger Singleton says people are unlikely to be deterred by bureaucracy.

The new vetting and barring scheme will not put people off volunteering, the body running the system has
concluded. Sir Roger Singleton, chair of the Independent Safeguarding Authority, was asked in September by Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, to produce a report on the scheme after concerns were raised that the new system would deter people from volunteering.

Singleton’s report, Drawing the Line, published in December, says he is “puzzled” by the claim that the
bureaucracy involved in registering for checks will put people off volunteering. The report also confirms that people whose work or volunteering with children is conducted through an organisation such as a charity or community group will have to register with the ISA to be checked.

But people who make informal arrangements with friends, families or other parents will not, contrary to what was understood when details of the scheme were revealed in September.

Contributor: Kaye Wiggins,  
Third Sector Online

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