SAMS is in the process of becoming a CIO (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) and so in the meantime, we are partnered with Community Churches Connected (CCC) who are a registered charity.

Any donations received are collected by CCC and used to support the ongoing work that SAMS is committed to doing through the work of Sam Dunn, the Children and Youth Community Pastor for Community Church Tadley and employed by Community Churches Connected.

The generous donations received from our supporters are used to support the resources needed for SAMS to carry out it’s mission, build awareness of our work and contribute towards salary costs.

SAMS takes safeguarding extremely seriously to ensure the protection of its beneficiaries as well as our volunteers. All volunteers are DBS checked through the schools that they’re supporting and are committed and trained in safeguarding children to a level 2 standard as a minimum. Volunteers are then required to follow school safeguarding policies and procedures.

SAMS is attached to Community Church Tadley requiring that outside of school settings it follows the same procedures and policies that are in place through Community Church Tadley and its umbrella organisation - Basingstoke Community Churches.

You can view the safeguarding policy for Basingstoke Community Churches here.

Children are referred to by SAMS through local schools that SAMS is supporting. There are referral processes that are followed and in some cases, there are extensive questionnaires that take place with teachers, parents and the student themselves.

SAMS is partnered with Community Church Tadley and through the work of their children and youth community pastor - Sam Dunn.

Although SAMS is a Christian organisation and built on Christian principles, the one-to-one sessions and time with students are not faith related unless questions from the students themselves arise,. Volunteers can give their opinions on matters and talk about aspects of their faith if it’s relevant to the question.

Absolutely not! We welcome anyone with a passion and the necessary skills to volunteer with us!

Click here to see the SAMS volunteer job description.

TLG is the charity that SAMS uses to support and offer the work of early interventions. They’re a well established charity and provide all training, resources and safe guarding training for our volunteers that become early intervention coaches. You can find out more about their work here: tlg.org.uk

Some are students in our partner schools and some are from a public site called canva. Any images used by SAMS has given permission for their use.

SAMS is exploring becoming a CIO (charitable incorporated organisation) and so while the team explore that, we’re working under Basingstoke Community Churches also, known as Community Churches Connected)(the employer for Sam Dunn, our founder) and registered charity.
This means that SAMS follows any safeguarding policies, privacy policies and data protection policies that are in line with BCC.

You can read their safeguarding policy here.

You can read their privacy policy here.

If you have further questions about the policies or partnership, please contact us on hello@sams-charity.org