Our Integrity Framework

Integrity and justice are central to all War Child activities - including our duty to uphold the safety and dignity of our staff and the children who take part in our programmes. This commitment is made manifest in our Integrity Framework - a set of four robust policies that outline in full our obligations to all our stakeholders.

The four policies that make up our Integrity Framework are designed to uphold the safety and fundamental rights of everyone who takes part in War Child’s activities around the world. The Integrity Framework as a whole provides policies to ensure that War Child operates to the highest ethical standards.

The four policies are as follows:

• War Child Code of Conduct

• Child Safeguarding Policy

• Anti-Fraud and Anti-Corruption (AFAC) Policy

• Speak Up! Procedure

Our Code of Conduct and new Speak Up! Procedure were both developed with input from both international child rights organisations and international sector benchmarks. Our Child Safeguarding Policy adheres to the international standards issued by global child rights watchdog Keeping Children Safe (KCS).

Over the course of 2023 this set of policies and procedures was revised to be more inclusive and more easily accessible. The framework was also expanded over the course of the year into a new Safeguarding and Integrity Framework for the War Child Alliance - designed with capacity for continuous improvement.

Managerial responsibility for all activities related to issues of integrity sat within the GOOD (Governance and Organisational Development) team. The GOOD team was also responsible for handling dimensions of organisation development, culture and climate. This team will be disbanded in 2024 with the emergence of War Child Netherlands and the War Child Alliance.

Responsibility for upholding the highest standards of integrity in the future will lie with the new Integrity and Safeguarding (I&S) team. This team is comprised of a Global Head of Integrity and Safeguarding; three Global Integrity and Safeguarding Advisors; two regional Integrity and Safeguarding Coordinators for the Middle East and Africa regions; and dedicated I&S Coordinators and Focal Points in both our country offices and fundraising hubs.