To contact a member of our Safeguarding team use the email address provided, include your name with a phone number or email address where you can be contacted, and they will be in touch as soon as possible.
Our Safeguarding officers are -
CHURCH SAFEGUARDING OFFICER
Mark Hunter
Email: [email protected]
CHILDREN’S CHAMPION
Rachel Free
Email: [email protected]
CHAMPION FOR ADULTS AT RISK
(formerly, Champion for Vulnerable Adults)
Diana Morgan Gray
Email: ([email protected]
LEAD RECRUITER (formerly, Disclosure and Barring Service Evidence Checker)
Wendy Ellis
email address: [email protected]
HELP AND GUIDANCE
HELPLINES
• NSPCC for adults concerned about a child - 0808 800 5000
• Childline for children and young people - 0800 1111
• Action on Elder Abuse helpline - 0808 808 8141
• 24-hour National Domestic Violence helpline - 0808 2000 247
• NAPAC offer support and advice to adult survivors of childhood abuse - 08088010331
• Stop It Now preventing child sexual abuse - 0808 1000 900
• Cruse bereavement helpline - 0808 808 1677
• Family Lives support and advice on family issues - 0808 800 222
• MACSAS (Minister And Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors) for people who have been abused by church officers - 0808 801 0340
• Samaritans for people struggling to cope and needing someone to talk to - 116 123
Some sources of support for victims and families of abuse
USEFUL LINKS:
• SAFELINE
WEBSITES
Everything you and we need to know about Safeguarding in a Church of England Parish is available in the Parish Safeguarding Handbook