Who is accountable for SYP Confidence CIC, how decisions are made, and the commitments we hold ourselves to.
Founder and Executive Director
Organisational leadership, strategic direction, funding, partnerships, financial control and executive accountability. Denise’s background combines finance and business administration with a career in entertainment and performance, followed by years of voluntary mentoring of young people and adults.
Strategic Planning Director & Designated Safeguarding Lead
Strategic planning, safeguarding leadership, programme assurance and partnership alignment. Ameenah’s professional background is in social work and care settings, bringing direct experience of safeguarding practice, multi-agency working and the needs of people supported in care.
Safeguarding contact: safeguarding@sypccic.org
Director
Governance, challenge, support and collective board decision-making.
Volunteer Project Manager
Operational planning, research, coordination and delivery readiness during the pre-funding phase, under delegated authority and supervision. As delivery grows this role becomes Lead Project Manager, coordinating project managers across different programme types and areas.
See the whole person, honour their dignity and recognise potential.
Create realistic routes into participation, expression, opportunity and belonging.
Use creativity, encouragement and high expectations to awaken self-belief.
Strengthen relationships between people, families, organisations and places.
Help people make choices, use their voice and shape what happens next.
SYPC’s Founder and Executive Director, Denise Shaw, is also the sole director of Think-I Ltd — a separate company providing industry-facing mentoring, networking and confidence development for adults in the arts and in wider careers.
The two organisations serve different people, for different purposes, paid for in different ways. SYP Confidence CIC serves the community and is funded by grants, commissions and donations. Think-I serves individuals investing in their own professional development, and is paid for by them or their employer.
Their funds, records and decisions are kept separate. Any arrangement between them is agreed at arm’s length and documented, and the Executive Director does not take part in board decisions concerning Think-I. SYP Confidence CIC’s assets and funding are applied solely to its community purpose.
We state this openly because a funder or partner is entitled to know it, and because good governance means declaring an interest rather than waiting to be asked.
These policies are maintained by the board and reviewed as the organisation develops. Copies are available to partners, commissioners and funders on request.
Safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk, including reporting routes and the Designated Safeguarding Lead’s role.
How personal information is collected, used, stored and protected, and how access to sensitive records is controlled.
Our commitment to fair, inclusive access and to removing barriers to participation.
Risk assessment for venues, activities, events and hospitality, proportionate to the setting.
How to raise a concern about SYPC and how it will be handled.
Safer recruitment, induction, supervision and the written terms appropriate to each role.
SYP Confidence CIC files annual accounts and a CIC34 community interest report with Companies House, setting out how the company has benefited the community, how it has involved stakeholders, and any payments made to directors. These are public documents and we are happy to provide copies directly.