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Safeguarding

The care and protection of children, young people and adults involved in Church activities is the responsibility of everyone who participates in the life of the Church.

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Our Commitments
• Promoting a safer environment and culture
• Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children and vulnerable adults
• Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation
• Caring pastorally for victims/survivors of abuse or other affected persons
• Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns/allegations of abuse and other affected persons
• Responding to those that may pose a present risk.

If you are concerned that someone you know is at risk of, or is being abused, or presents a risk to others, please seek advice from a Safeguarding Adviser or if necessary report the matter to the Local Authority Social Care Services or the Police without delay.
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Useful Numbers

• NSPCC: 0800 80 20 20
• 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: 080 8808 8141

Local contacts

Amos Kasibante, our vicar: 0113 248 2648
Safeguarding Officers:
Liz Schweiger 07985 375 444
Carole Haywood 07951 608627

​Other information is available in church
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For further information please visit the Diocesan Website

If there is immediate risk or danger please contact the Police on 101

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