Safeguarding: Promoting a Safer Church
Links you might find helpful:
NSPCC for adults concerned about a child – 0808 800 5000 www.nspcc.org.uk
Childline for children and young people – 0800 1111 www.childline.org.uk
Action on Elder Abuse helpline – 0808 808 8141 24-hour The National Careline
National Domestic Violence helpline – 0808 2000 247 www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk
NAPAC offers support and advice to adult survivors of childhood abuse – 08088010331 napac.org.uk
Stop It Now helps prevent child sexual abuse – 0808 1000 900 www.stopitnow.org.uk
Cruse bereavement helpline – 0808 808 1677 www.cruse.org.uk
Family Lives provides support and advice on family issues – 0808 800 222 www.familylives.org.uk
MACSAS for people who have been abused by church officers – 0808 801 0340 www.macsas.org.uk
Samaritans for people struggling to cope and needing someone to talk to – 116 123 www.samaritans.org
You can find out about Barnet’s Keeping Children Safe provision here.
Safeguarding at All Saints’
Our Commitment
We want to ensure that within our church our children and adults are protected from any form of harm or abuse so we take our safeguarding responsibilities very seriously.
We believe that safeguarding is about prevention and ensuring that reporting a potential safeguarding issue or concern can be done easily to people who are both trained in and committed to the Church of England Safeguarding Policies and Procedures.
Safeguarding Officer
Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Karen Charles. She can be contacted by emailing safeguarding@allsaintsn20.co.uk
or phone the office on 020 8445 8388.
You can contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team by emailing safeguarding@london.anglican.org or calling the helpline on 020 7932 1224.
More information about the Diocesan Safeguarding Team can be found on their website.
Safeguarding Policies
Please download the Promoting a Safer Diocese document from the Diocese of London which underpins our safeguarding policies and procedures.
Further safeguarding information can be found on the Diocese of London Safeguarding Pages and the Church of England Safeguarding Pages.
Please view our privacy notice here.