Parish of All Souls, Harlesden
All Souls Church works to encourage a safe environment for children and adults facing additional safeguarding risks who visit, worship, or are employed at All Souls Church.

Our Parish is committed to the Five Standards, which aim to cover the breadth of safeguarding activity in the Church. The Five Standards are Culture, Leadership, and Capacity. Church bodies must have safe and healthy cultures, effective leadership, resourcing, and scrutiny arrangements necessary to deliver high-quality safeguarding practices and outcomes.

The Parochial Church Council has adopted the London Diocese PCC Safeguarding Statement, and all those who hire or use our premises are expected to abide by this policy or agree to a comparable policy with our safeguarding leads.


PCC Safeguarding Policy Statement
Every person has a value and dignity which comes directly from the creation of male and female in God’s own image and likeness. Christians see this potential as fulfilled by God’s re-creation of us in Christ. This implies a duty to value all people as bearing the image of God and therefore to protect them from harm.
- We accept and endorse the principles set out in ‘Safeguarding in the Diocese of London’.
- We commit ourselves to nurture, protect and safeguard all our members, particularly children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- We recognise that safeguarding is the responsibility of the whole church community.
- We undertake to exercise proper care in the selection, appointment, training and support of those working in both paid and voluntary positions with children or vulnerable adults, including the use of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosures and making appropriate referrals to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
- We will respond without delay to concerns or allegations that a child or vulnerable adult may have been harmed, cooperating with the police and social care services in any investigation.
- We will challenge any abuse of power by anyone in a position of trust.
- We will seek to offer pastoral care and support to anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with them appropriate pastoral support.
- We will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to the proper authorities, to any member of our church community known to have offended against a child, young person or vulnerable adult.

The PCC of this Church agreed and adopted the above Policy at its meeting on 3rd September 2023. We have appointed Jean Lewis our Church Safeguarding Officer (CSO) and Ingrid Bruno-Snelling our Children’s and Vulnerable Adults Champion. Copies of “Safeguarding in the Diocese of London” and any parish guidelines and procedures are held by them and by the Vicar, Revd Dr Adam Dobrzynski. The PCC shall review this policy annually. The next review will take place at the first PCC meeting following the APCM, 12th May 2024.

Safeguarding Officer
Jean Lewis is the first person to speak to if you have any concerns around the welfare of a child or adult at risk.
Tel: 0208 9652162

Children & Vulnerable Adults’ Champion
Ingrid Bruno-Snelling is the advocate for children and vulnerable adults, making sure their views are heard and their needs are thought of.
Tel: 0208 4531983

Parish DBS Evidence Checker
Michelle Roberts ensures that all people who work with children and vulnerable adults have DBS clearance.

The following team members have completed safeguarding training: Revd Dr Adam Dobrzynski, Jean Lewis, Ingrid Bruno-Snelling, and Michelle Roberts.
The following people are our first aiders: Ifeoma Umeh (Team Leader), Deborah St Louis, Ingrid Bruno Snelling, Jean Lewis.

Contact details and information about the Diocese of London Safeguarding Team can be found here: https://safeguarding.london.anglican.org/


Important telephone numbers:
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor for Willesden: Tel: 020 3837 5099 Email: [email protected]
CCPAS 24 hour helpline: 0303 003 1111
Family Lives: 0808 800 222 (Previously Parentline)
Childline: 0800 1111

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