West Hendred: Holy Trinity

The Church of England in the village of West Hendred, Oxfordshire. We welcome all and everyone to our services and events. Contact the Rector for any queries or if you would like to receive our newsletter with information about upcoming events.

For Safeguarding at West Hendred parish - please see safeguarding section below.

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Churchwarden Hugh Rees [email protected], Revd. Nikolaj Christensen [email protected]

Revd. Nikolaj Christensen
01235 634940
What's on

Harvest Festival 2024

Occurring
for 30 mins
Venue
West Hendred: Holy Trinity
Address
West Hendred Wantage, OX12 8RS, United Kingdom

A short Family Service where we will give thanks for the gifts brought to church by children and others.
The service will be followed by the traditional mouth-watering Harvest breakfast.

Make a vegetable animal and let your imagination go wild! Bring them to church and they can help celebrate Harvest. Also collecting produce and dried goods for ‘Around Table’ at Charlton Church which provides hot meals for those in need. Please bring contributions to the Harvest service or leave them in the church beforehand (open every day). Thank you!

Thank you also for any contributions you are able to make towards the upkeep and continued life of our precious church this Harvest.

This year’s sponsored event was on Saturday 14th September – money raised will be divided equally between The Oxford Historic Churches Trust and Holy Trinity Church.

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Safeguarding

Safeguarding at West Hendred parish

The parish's Safeguarding policy was re-affirmed at the PCC's annual meeting on 20th May 2024.

1. We are committed to:

• The care, nurture of, and respectful pastoral ministry with, all children and all adults

• The safeguarding and protection of all children, young people and adults when they are vulnerable

• The establishing of safe, caring communities which provide a loving environment where there is a culture of ‘informed vigilance’ as to the dangers of abuse.

2. We will carefully select and train all those with any responsibility within the Church, in line with safer recruitment principles, including the use of Criminal Records disclosures.

3. We will respond without delay to every complaint made which suggests that an adult, child or young person may have been harmed, co-operating with the police and local authority in any investigation and we will have a clear reporting procedure in place.

4. We will seek to work with anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with him or her an appropriate ministry of informed pastoral care.

5. We will seek to challenge any abuse of power, especially by anyone in a position of trust.

6. We will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to the proper authorities, to any member of our church community known to have offended against a child, young person or vulnerable adult.

7. In all these principles we will follow statute, guidance and recognised good practice.

8. We will advise the Diocese which Registered Body we use to process applications for Criminal Records Bureau Disclosures.

9. We will advise the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser if we receive a Disclosure which is ‘blemished’ or ‘positive’.

10. We will review this policy annually, check that our policies are up to date, and supply a copy of the updated policy statement to the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser.

Our Safeguarding Officer is: Angela Findley, [email protected]

A hard copy of the Safeguarding Policy is on display in the church.