Key sections:
- Safeguarding training
- Nominated persons: advice
- Modern Slavery
- Safer Recruitment, DBS forms, applications and changes
- Safeguarding Guidance and Policies
Latest Safeguarding news
Our Safeguarding Strategy
We will do all we can to ensure that our worshipping communities offer the safest places for children and vulnerable people.
Read more; full strategy →
Some brilliant organisations:
Mind UK →
Restored →
Clewer →
NSPCC →
Cycles of abuse: ‘Stop It Now’ →
Safeguarding Children, Glos
Safeguarding Adults, Glos
Childline →
We will do all we can to ensure that our worshipping communities offer the safest places for children and vulnerable people. Our office is based in Gloucester.
Judith Knight
Head of HR and Safeguarding
07801 750664
jknight@glosdioc.org.uk
Judith oversees our human resources and safeguarding strategies and plans.
Becca Faal
Safeguarding Officer
01452 835516 / 07944 680320
bfaal@glosdioc.org.uk
Working Wednesday – Friday, Becca encourages and supports benefices and parishes; growing their confidence in safeguarding and supporting casework.
Brett Riches
Safeguarding Officer
01452 835516 / 07944 680320
briches@glosdioc.org.uk
Working Monday – Wednesday, Brett encourages and supports benefices and parishes; growing their confidence in safeguarding and supporting casework.
Kate Peake
Administrator
01452 410022 ext 286
kpeake@glosdioc.org.uk
Kate works weekdays except Weds, from 9.30am to 2.30pm. She administers our processes including DBS, and our five year rolling recheck process. Please email Kate to organise bookings for training events.
Contacts for local authorities
Herefordshire
Oxfordshire
South Gloucestershire
Swindon
Warwickshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
If you have a complaint or concern about how we have dealt with a safeguarding issue, please write to the Independent Chair of the Diocesan Safeguarding Board, Simon Atkinson at:
Private and Confidential
Simon Atkinson
Independent Chair of the Diocesan Safeguarding Board
Church House
Gloucester
GL1 2LY
Write to Simon in confidence setting out your concerns. Simon will follow up your concerns by reviewing any information available, arranging meetings as appropriate; and can also put in place further independent review of a situation to gain further clarity, or to support diocesan learning and development.