SAFEGUARDING

DO YOU HAVE A SAFEGUARDING CONCERN?

If you have a Safeguarding concern, either about yourself or someone else, however significant or insignificant you may feel it is, then please report it without delay to either of our Parish Safeguarding Officers or Clergy. Any disclosure will be dealt with expediently and seriously, and in accordance with Parish and Diocesan policy.

If you are unable to contact either of the PSOs or a member of Clergy then please contact the Diocesan Safeguarding team.

If you feel that you or someone else is in immediate danger, then please contact emergency services on 999.

Contacts

• Parish Safeguarding Officer: Tracey Staples, 01643 818904, [email protected]
• Parish Safeguarding Officer: Diane Newton, [email protected]
• Clergy: The Reverend's Philip & Michelle Butcher, 01643 829744, [email protected]
• Diocesan Safeguarding Manager, Ben Goodhind, 01749 588917

The Diocesan Safeguarding Website may be found by using this link https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/diocese/safeguarding/

As a Parish within the Diocese of Bath and Wells we take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously and we believe that Safeguarding is the responsibility of everyone and a core part of being a welcoming church. Everyone should have the right to be safe, and feel safe, in the church environment.

Safeguarding is reported on at all of our PCC meetings, even if there is nothing to report.

All of our staff, parish officers, and volunteers, undertake and maintain safeguarding training in line with national church safeguarding training requirements. All staff and volunteers go through a process of safer recruitment and hold valid DBS certificates where their role requires them to do so.

A copy of the Parish Safeguarding Policy can be found on the Policy page of this site.