Safeguarding
Here at Holy Trinity church we take the safeguarding of our children and vulnerable adults seriously. We want to do the best we can to make sure that everyone who takes part in any of our groups or activities can do as and be as safe as they can be. We believe that safeguarding is everybody's responsibility.
If you are a child and you have any concerns you can either:
If anyone has concerns that a child maybe in immediate risk of harm then you should contact the police on 999 (emergency) or 101 (less urgent)
Otherwise if you have concerns you should speak to the person you are responsible to or to one of the safeguarding team named below.
If you are a child and you have any concerns you can either:
- Talk to the person who is running the activity
- Talk to one of the safeguarding team named below or
- Talk to someone confidentially outside the church. To do this call Childline on 0800 1111 or click here to be taken to their website.
If anyone has concerns that a child maybe in immediate risk of harm then you should contact the police on 999 (emergency) or 101 (less urgent)
Otherwise if you have concerns you should speak to the person you are responsible to or to one of the safeguarding team named below.
Our Policies and procedures.
We follow the Church of England Safeguarding for the Diocese of Chester which can be found here.
We aim to recruit safely in all aspects of our work. All of our volunteers are expected to fill out a self declaration form and anyone in any position of regular or regulated activity is required to complete a DBS check every 5 years.
If you volunteer to work with children or vulnerable adults you may therefore be asked to undertake a DBS check. This is free of charge and is relatively quick and easy. You will need to fill out an online form (most complete this in under 30 minutes) and provide us with 3 forms of identification for an ID check. The process is normally completed in 1 week.
We aim to offer training to all our volunteers regularly and have a safeguarding team who meet regularly to review things and keep everything up to date where needed.
We aim to recruit safely in all aspects of our work. All of our volunteers are expected to fill out a self declaration form and anyone in any position of regular or regulated activity is required to complete a DBS check every 5 years.
If you volunteer to work with children or vulnerable adults you may therefore be asked to undertake a DBS check. This is free of charge and is relatively quick and easy. You will need to fill out an online form (most complete this in under 30 minutes) and provide us with 3 forms of identification for an ID check. The process is normally completed in 1 week.
We aim to offer training to all our volunteers regularly and have a safeguarding team who meet regularly to review things and keep everything up to date where needed.
Safeguarding contacts.
If you have any questions or concerns you should talk to one of our safeguarding team. These are:
Alternatively you can call the diocese safeguarding adviser, Pauline Butterfield, on 01928 718834 x 221.
- Dave Wright (Safeguarding coordinator) - Call
- James Gibson (Vicar) - Call 01625424587
- Andy Leary (Youth Minister) - Call 01625424587
- Melissa Wearden (Children's and families worker) - Call 01625424587
Alternatively you can call the diocese safeguarding adviser, Pauline Butterfield, on 01928 718834 x 221.
