Most providers will integrate Prevent into their Safeguarding policy rather than have a separate Prevent policy. It should be noted that the Prevent policy will include all members of the institution's community whereas the Safeguarding policy covers under 19s and vulnerable adults.

All staff, board members and volunteers are expected to undertake Prevent training. This includes sub-contracted and agency staff.

Providers must be aware that the Prevent duty covers staff, volunteers as well as students so HR policies must cover the Prevent duty. Codes of conduct do not need to make specific reference to the Prevent duty if this is covered through professional behaviour, not bringing the provider into disrepute and complying with reasonable requests.

Partnership policies should require that partners and sub-contractors are aware of the Prevent duty and that contracts with partners or sub-contractors are not inadvertently funding extremist organisations. Also see the partnership section of the module.

Cyber-security is a key area of concern for providers. There is significant evidence that online materials and social media are used to radicalise young people. JISC can provide cyber-security support to FE providers. All providers should have a clear IT and cyber-security policy.

The security of the campus or venue is vital as outsiders can enter the premises and present a Safeguarding threat.

Providers must ensure that external lettings do not present an opportunity for a Safeguarding or extremist threat e.g. a provider might inadvertently let a classroom or hall to an extremist group.

Organisations should have policies and protocols that cover the use of any prayer rooms or other facilities used for prayer. Chaplains must go through the DBS process and their role must be overseen and supported as is the case for all staff and volunteers.

All further education institutions should have policies and procedures in place for the management of events held on their premises.

The policies should apply to all staff, students, visitors governors and board members. They should set out what is required for any event to proceed.

Institutions need to balance legal duties in terms of both ensuring freedom of speech and also protecting student and staff welfare.

Encouragement of terrorism and inviting support for a proscribed terrorist organisation are both criminal offences. Institutions should not provide a platform for these offences to be committed.

External speakers should be vetted well in advance and there should be an application procedure, with clear risk assessments in place.

There should be advance notice of the content of the event, including an outline of the topics to be discussed.

Providers should have a system for assessing and rating risks associated with any planned events, providing evidence to suggest whether an event should proceed.

When deciding whether or not to host a particular speaker, institutions should consider carefully whether the views being expressed, or likely to be expressed, constitute extremist views that risk drawing people into terrorism or are shared by terrorist groups.

In these circumstances the event should not be allowed to proceed except where institutions are entirely convinced that such risk can be fully mitigated without cancellation of the event.

This includes ensuring that, where any event is being allowed to proceed, speakers with extremist views that could draw people into terrorism are challenged with opposing views as part of that same event, rather than in a separate forum.

Where institutions are in any doubt that the risk cannot be fully mitigated they should exercise caution and not allow the event to proceed.

There should be a mechanism for the risk assessment of external events which are being promoted within the provider's premises and action where appropriate in relation to the promotion of external events.

Institutions should have clear and visible policies and procedures for managing whistle-blowing and an appropriate, fair and open complaints procedure and ensure this is effective.

The code of conduct or learning agreement does not need to make a specific reference to the Prevent duty if requirements would already be covered by the document.

All institutions should have an internal and external information sharing policy. These must comply with data protection legislation.

Volunteers are also expected to comply with the Prevent duty and to exemplify British values such as tolerance and respect

Fundraising is to be encouraged but the Safeguarding officer should be involved in the process of choosing and checking charities with students, staff or volunteers so that funds only go to charity commission registered charities.