'It's Not Just Policy, It's Personal' is a campaign to raise awareness of how to recognise and report safeguarding concerns. The campaign will run from 1st June - 14th June 2026. The resources are designed to build confidence in responding and taking appropriate action.

Two key recommendations from the Makin Report, published in 2024, focused on how the Church can have confidence that abuse, both current and non-recent, is being reported. We have given careful consideration to how this could best be achieved, and we are running a two-week pilot campaign to raise awareness of how to report safeguarding concerns.

Safeguarding guidance and codes of conduct are statutory and must always be followed, but this campaign reminds us that these are not simply processes to be followed. At the centre of every safeguarding concern is a person who has taken the difficult step of disclosing harm or risk. Creating a safe space for people to report, and how we respond to them, matters.

We have developed a suite of resources available to download below. 

The materials are based upon the Reporting Safeguarding Concerns & Allegations Code of Practice which can be found here.