bayc as part of its quality standards package system acts as an umbrella organisation in respect of Criminal Records Bureau checks for its own affiliated groups. In addition this umbrella service is also open to any group looking to undertake C.R.B. checks.

For details of this service and our scale of charges please follow the links below.

Policy Statement (255kb word doc)

Charges (95kb word doc)

Applicant Guide Notes (522kb .pdf) 

Carmela Billingham on 0845 241 0923.

(please note this is not a premium rate number)

Criminal Records Bureau checks are there to validate paid staff and volunteers for their work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. They are a legal requirement and should be seen as an integral part of any Safeguarding policy and as such should be renewed in line with that policy and for every new post that is taken up.

Useful link to Criminal Records Bureau website

In addition to the work of the Criminal Records Bureau the government has asked for a new additional body to assist in the overall safeguarding process, this is the Independant Safeguarding Authority, I.S.A. for short.

The I.S.A. became operational October 09. and is moving towards initial compliance by July  2010 

Everyone working with children, young people and vulunerable adults will be required to register with this body in addition to the C.R.B.

Employers will have a period of 4 years to complete the necessary registrations at a cost of £64.00 per paid person ( this includes the cost of a C.R.B.) plus any administration charge made by umberella bodies. For volunteers there is no charge by the I.S.A. but there may well be an administration charge from operating bodies.

For more details please click on the I.S.A. link