St Hugh and St John is a local ecumenical partnership; this means we are both Church of England (Diocese of St Albans) and Methodist (Beds, Esses and Herts Methodist District) . For safeguarding purposes we follow Methodist procedures.

We are committed to safeguarding as an integral part of our life and ministry. Safeguarding is about the action the Church takes to promote a safer culture. We will promote the welfare of children, young people and adults, work to prevent abuse from occurring, seek to protect those that are at risk of being abused and respond well to those that have been abused. We will take care to identify where a person may present a risk to others, and offer support to them whilst taking steps to mitigate such risks..

Although safeguarding is the responsibility of everyone; here at St Hugh and St John, Catherine Smith, our Safeguarding officer directly (t. 07597 765 261 or [email protected] ) is our designated Safeguarding Lead and can be contacted anytime

Two very useful links:
The Methodist Church's connexional safeguarding information can be found here: https://www.methodist.org.uk/safeguarding/
Beds, Esses and Herts Mthodist District guidelines can be found here: https://www.behdistrict.org.uk/Groups/191708/BEH_District/Safeguarding/Safeguarding.aspx
(More information about Safeguarding in the Diocese of St. Albans can be found here: https://www.stalbans.anglican.org/diocese/safeguarding)

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