{"id":1892,"date":"2019-07-15T11:12:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T10:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=1892"},"modified":"2025-06-04T19:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:42:29","slug":"safeguarding-promoting-a-safer-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=1892","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding &#8211; Promoting a Safer Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We believe that 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.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the House of Bishops Safeguarding Policy for children, young people and adults we are committed to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Promoting a safer environment and culture<\/li>\n<li>Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children and vulnerable adults<\/li>\n<li>Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation<\/li>\n<li>Caring pastorally for victims\/survivors of abuse or other affected persons<\/li>\n<li>Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns\/allegations of abuse and other affected persons<\/li>\n<li>Responding to those that may pose a present risk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our church safeguarding co-ordinators are available to speak to if you have any concerns or questions. They are:<\/p>\n<p>Susan Nichols, Parish Safeguarding Officer<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:snichols781@aol.com\">snichols781@aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sue Brice, Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser<br \/>\nTelephone: 07958 377079 Email: <a href=\"mailto:sue.brice@dioceseofnorwich.org.uk\">sue.brice@dioceseofnorwich.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other organisations that can provide help:<\/p>\n<p>Local Authority Social Services: 0843 266074<br \/>\nNSPCC: 0800 802020<br \/>\nChildline: 0800 1111<br \/>\nStop It Now: 0808 1000 900<br \/>\nNAPAC: 0808 801 0331<br \/>\nSamaritans: 116 123<br \/>\nFamily Lives: 0808 800 2222<br \/>\nNational Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247<br \/>\nAction On Elder Abuse: 080 8808 8141<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We believe that 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. In line with the House of Bishops Safeguarding Policy for children, young people and adults we are committed to: Promoting a safer environment and culture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1892","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1892"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2923,"href":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1892\/revisions\/2923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hemblingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}