Elmore: St John the Baptist

Welcome to our website!

Our Church is  open for regular Sunday worship: 1st and 3rd Sundays each month at 9.30am (Holy Communion), 2nd and 4th Sundays 4pm (Evensong)

We have no Sunday if there's a 5th Sunday in a month, instead we join the 11am Benefice service at Hardwicke.

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Our weekly noticesheet is uploaded to this site

You can contact the priest-in-charge, Rev Richard Martin at [email protected] or by telephoning 01452 720015.

We realise that in the past some Churches have been places where people found abuse rather than security and healing. So safeguarding is key to our Church life. Our Benefice is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officers (PSOs), who can be contacted on the email addresses below. The Diocese of Gloucester’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) who advise our PSOs. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the DSA on 01452 835516 (out of hours, 07944 680320). If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police on 999 and your local authority Children Services on 01454 866000, or for a Vulnerable Adult 01454 868007 (Out of hours emergency team for Children and Adults, 01454 615165

Safeguarding Leads

Each Church has it’s own safeguarding officer, their contact details are  below

St Nicholas, Hardwicke Anita Russan [email protected]

St Laurence, Longney Hazel Morgan [email protected]

St John the Baptist, Elmore Liz Bates [email protected]

The Church of England's Policy Statement "Promoting a Safer Church" is here safer (churchofengland.org)

Get in touch

Richard Martin

Church House
Cornfield Drive
Hardwicke

GL2 4QJ
Priest in Charge
01452720015

Our website

Safeguarding

We realise that in the past some Churches have been places where people found abuse rather than security and healing. So safeguarding is key to our Church life. Our Benefice is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officers (PSOs), who can be contacted on the email addresses below. The Diocese of Gloucester’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) who advise our PSOs. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the DSA on 01452 835516 (out of hours, 07944 680320). If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police on 999 and your local authority Children Services on 01454 866000, or for a Vulnerable Adult 01454 868007 (Out of hours emergency team for Children and Adults, 01454 615165

Safeguarding Leads
Each Church has it’s own safeguarding officer, their contact details are below

St Nicholas, Hardwicke Anita Russan [email protected]
St Laurence, Longney Hazel Morgan [email protected]

St John the Baptist, Elmore Liz Bates [email protected]

The Church of England's Policy Statement "Promoting a Safer Church" is here safer (churchofengland.org)

“Call 999 if a child or adult is in immediate danger of significant or serious harm” •

• National helplines: NSPCC – 0808 800 5000 Childline – 0800 1111 Stop it Now – 0808 1000 900 NAPAC – 0808 801 0331 Samaritans – 116 123 Family Lives – 0808 800 2222 National Domestic Violence Helpline – 0808 2000 247 Action on Elder Abuse – 0808 808 8141