Safeguarding Meeting 9 Sep 25: guest speaker

Suzanne Swan expressed her grateful thanks to guest speaker Ages and Stages. The link to the session’s recording is HERE. Ages and Stages asked that those taking part complete an evaluation form which is HERE.

The next meeting of the Safeguarding group will take place on Tuesday 14 October 18:30 – 19:30 with a guest speaker discussing neurodiversity in theatre. The link the page is HERE and more information will be added in due course.

Information

This is an event that will be held on TEAMS to which all LTG Member theatres are invited. The TEAMS link to the event is HERE and the meeting will start at 18:30. The fourth event was held on 15 July – see HERE – and proved very successful.

Jill Rezzano from the New Vic Theatre where Ages and Stages Theatre Company are based has agreed to come along to our next meeting and share some of their research which you can read about HERE and to learn more about what they do see HERE.

Safeguarding Officers from around the country stated in previous safeguarding meetings that they wanted guidance on how to support their ageing membership who offer such a wealth of experience but can often be some of our most vulnerable members.

As part of our meeting Suzanne seeks questions from the LTG membership and for this meeting she encourages Safeguarding Officers to share access details with any regular chaperones who support their work as well as group leaders who work with our ageing members.

Agenda for 9 September event

  1. Welcome and Introduction 
  2. Guest speaker – Ages and Stages
  3. Q & A with guest speaker
  4. AOB
  5. Next meeting dates for 2025

We believe that by working together, we can strengthen safeguarding practices across our local theatres and ensure that every individual feels safe and valued within our community.

The link to the Dropbox is HERE and the password is LTG2025 and the link to the current forum is HERE

Future meeting dates to be arranged.

For more information contact Suzanne Swan, suzanne.swan@rtmembers.org Safeguarding lead at Rugby Theatre, or Debbie Hibberd, LTG Vice Chair vice.chair@littletheatreguild.org