A church that is safe for all

Our activities must be safe for all, with safeguarding policies and practices that promote a safer church. We take safeguarding seriously and are always seeking to review our systems to ensure that we are appropriately monitoring issues as they arise.

St Andrew’s Safeguarding Policy, 2023 (PDF)

St Andrew’s Domestic Abuse Policy, 2023 (PDF)

 

Who can I turn to?

If you have questions regarding safeguarding, or need to raise a concern or make a disclosure regarding church-related abuse, please contact our Parish Safeguarding Officer.

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safeguarding officer

Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Steve Bagnall. The Safeguarding Officer's role is to ensure the implementation of the Diocesan and St Andrew’s safeguarding policies. You can email Steve or contact him by calling the Parish Office on 01865 311 212.

Seek support from outside

You can also contact the Safeguarding Team at the Diocese of Oxford with safeguarding issues on 01865 208290 safeguarding@oxford.anglican.org. If you would rather seek help from outside the church, you can contact:

  • NSPCC Child Protection Helpline: 0808 800 5000 (free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are worried about a child.

  • Child-line: 0800 1111 (free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are a child or young person and are worried about anything.

  • National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247 (lines free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are experiencing domestic abuse.

  • Hourglass (Formerly Action on Elder Abuse) Helpline: 080 8808 8141 (free phone Monday to Friday 9-5pm). Provides support to families suffering with abuse of older people

  • Samaritans Helpline: 08457 90 90 90 (open 24 hours). Phone if you feel you are struggling to cope and need someone to talk to

Details of further organisations that can help can be found on the Diocese of Oxford website.

 

Safeguarding training

If you hold a role in church where you may be expected to have contact with children, young people or vulnerable adults you need to undertake safeguarding training, even if you have already had safeguarding training in your workplace.

The first safeguarding module is available online:

  • Basic Safeguarding Training (C0) can be accessed on Church of England's Safeguarding Portal. Create a new account, complete the online training and email your certificate to our admin email.

  • Foundation (C1) and Leadership (C2) training is available in person and online.  If relevant to your role in the church, you will be invited to undergo that training.

If you have any queries about safeguarding training, please email Anne Dorman.