Potential institutional partners may include:

• legal regulators
• law firms and barristers’ chambers
• universities and research centres
• safeguarding charities
• domestic abuse policy organisations
• local authorities and safeguarding boards
• health and trauma support organisations.

Institutional collaboration may involve:

• safeguarding framework pilots
• policy development partnerships
• training and professional education programmes
• research partnerships
• safeguarding governance consultations.

The aim of institutional partnership is to support the practical implementation of safeguarding improvements across systems, ensuring that safeguarding responsibilities operate coherently rather than in isolation.