The parish of St Mary's, Chiddingstone and St Luke's, Chiddingstone Causeway serves the villages of Chiddingstone, Chiddingstone Causeway and Chiddingstone Hoath (collectively known as The Chiddingstones) and the hamlets of Bough Beech, Wellers Town and Charcott.
Please visit our website - www.highwealdchurches.org.uk to find out more about our services.
We take our responsibilities to keep young children and vulnerable adults safe whenever they are in the church or with church staff. The Church of England’s Parish Safeguarding Handbook: Promoting a Safer Church can be found here The Joint Council of Penshurst and the Chiddingstone Churches has formally adopted the House of Bishops’ ‘Promoting a Safer Church safeguarding policy statement’ (click here to see the formal statement). The Joint Council Safeguarding Policy can be viewed by clicking here.
If you have cause to believe that a child or adult may have been, or is at risk of being harmed you should contact one of our Parish Safeguarding Officers - contact details on our webpage.
If you have any concerns about a safeguarding issue, please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officers (above) to talk confidentially.
