Our Benefice of Canon Pyon with King's Pyon with Birley and Wellington is committed to safeguarding children, young people and adults from harm. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies.

We are committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within our community.

Call 999 if a child or adult is in immediate danger of significant or serious harm.

If you are worried about a current or historic incidence of abuse – which could be sexual, financial, emotional, controlling behaviour, bullying or domestic abuse – you don’t need to suffer alone.

Please contact:  Parish Safeguarding Officer.

The post is presently vacant, please contact Carl Steventon as Diocesan Safeguarding Officer with any concerns.

Diocesan Safeguarding Officer   Carl Steventon            07593 817717            [email protected]

https://www.hereford.anglican.org/safeguarding

Or report the matter to your Local Authority Social Care Services or the Police. If in doubt, please don’t hesitate to call the police:

Herefordshire Council Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub

Children: 01432 260800                                Adult: 01432 260715

Emergency Duty Team: 0330 123 9309 (after 5 pm, weekends and Public Holidays)

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

You can find out more about Safeguarding in the Church of England here:   https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding

And you can read the Parish Safeguarding Handbook here:

https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/ParishSafeGuardingHandBookAugust2019Web.pdf