IMPORTANT Changes to DBS Checks

‍ From 1 September 2026, the law about regulated activity with children is changing. The current rule about the supervision of paid staff and volunteers carrying out specific activities with children will be removed from the legal definition.

This means some people will be in regulated activity with children from 1 September 2026 when they were not before, because they were sufficiently supervised by someone else. This will apply if they do the work often enough, or overnight.

Join the DBS Regional Outreach Team to find out more about this change and how it may impact on your organisation.

We are holding a series of information sessions, you can register for any of the sessions by clicking the links below: 

• Tuesday 8th September - 2pm-3pm - Click to register
  Changes to supervision, what it means for roles in the Voluntary Sector

• Friday 11th September - 9am-10am - Click to register ‍ ‍
  Changes to supervision, what it means for roles in the Education sector

• Thursday 10th September- 1pm-2pm - Click to register 
  Changes to supervision, what it means for roles in the Faith sector

‍ ‍Wednesday 16th September - 2:15pm-3:15pm - Click to register
Changes to supervision, what does it mean for my organisation? (suitable for all sectors)

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Questions?

If you have any questions about these events, please email dbsregionaloutreach@dbs.gov.uk.