Safeguarding

Our priests are the Fr Jonathan Bish (Incumbent) and Fr Solomon Adetoye (Associate) and our Safeguarding Officer is Mr David Ashton who can be contacted on 01924 497996. 

The Parochial Church Councils of each of the four churches in the United Benefice of Batley) have adopted the Safeguarding Policy of the Church of England as set out in the following link:

https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/PromotingSaferChurchWeb.pdf

This confirms our commitments as follows:

Promoting a safer environment and culture

Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children and vulnerable adults

Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation

Caring pastorally for victims/survivors of abuse or other affected persons

Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns/allegations of abuse and other affected persons

Responding to those that may pose a present risk.

The Safeguarding pages and contact details for the Anglican Diocese of Leeds may be found here https://leeds.anglican.org/safe