Empower DPO
Is your Data Protection Officer (DPO) trapped in reactive firefighting mode, dealing with one crisis after another, instead of building real capability and data protection maturity? Are your trustees receiving updates about the ‘latest incident’ instead of evidence of improved practices?
It's time for a different approach.
Your trustees deserve better than crisis reports - they need evidence of real progress and reduced risk. Empower DPO helps build capability, not just fix problems.
Empower DPO
A hands-on mentoring programme where our senior data protection experts work alongside your DPO to design and deliver a bespoke improvement plan. Built specifically for schools and multi-academy trusts, we help you move from reactive compliance to proactive data protection leadership.
Stop firefighting. Start leading.
Through an initial assessment, we understand your current data protection maturity, your trust's priorities, your DPO's development needs, and how data protection governance works in your organisation.
We then create a tailored 12-month programme with specific recommendations, clear deliverables, and measurable outcomes. Your Board gains clear visibility of progress and concrete evidence of improved data protection capability.
Empower DPO: Supporting data protection officers
In this video, Claire Archibald, Legal Director and Dai Durbridge, Partner at Browne Jacobson, introduce our mentoring and professional development service for data protection officers in schools and trusts, Empower DPO. They explain how the service connects you with leading data protection experts to provide coaching and strategic development support.
Real results
As one of the largest education teams in the country, we understand the unique challenges facing schools and trusts. Our award-winning education lawyers and data protection specialists have helped hundreds of education institutions build robust, sustainable compliance frameworks.
Your bespoke programme delivers:
- GDPR compliance and risk reduction: Clear understanding of your data protection landscape with documented evidence you're meeting legal requirements.
- Enhanced governance and accountability: Robust structures that integrate with your trust's existing risk management framework, giving your Board better oversight.
- Sustainable capability: Trust-wide systems that reduce reliance on external support and build lasting in-house expertise.
- Cultural shift: Moving from crisis management to strategic leadership, with engaged data protection champions across your schools.
How it works
The programme includes an initial compliance assessment and detailed report, followed by quarterly 90-minute progress sessions throughout the year. We track achievements, address challenges, and adapt to your changing needs.
Your DPO develops the confidence and skills to lead strategic data protection initiatives, with expert support throughout their journey. Your Board receives clear evidence of compliance improvement and measurable risk reduction.
Costs
All delivered for a transparent fixed fee of £3,995 plus VAT.
What our clients say
“The Empower DPO programme transformed our approach to data protection. We moved from constantly reacting to incidents to having a clear, strategic plan that our Board could see was working.”
Transform your data protection capability
Download our comprehensive guide to discover how Empower DPO can transform your trust's data protection capability.
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Dai Durbridge
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