Safeguarding

At St Paul's, we do our utmost to ensure that everyone on site is kept safe. All staff and volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults must undergo a safer recruitment process and an enhanced DBS disclosure.

We also expect them to be fully conversant with the safeguarding policy. As a church, we have adopted the Church of England's safeguarding policy 'Promoting a Safer Church' which can be viewed here.

Please contact Jan (see below) if you have any concerns or queries about children or adults in the church, either that they are suffering harm, or are causing harm to others.

To view our procedure for responding to concerns or allegations, see here.

To report concerns please download, print and fill out this recording concerns form which can be viewed here.

Useful Contact Numbers

Diocesan Safeguarding Team - 024 7652 1345 - if, for any reason, Jan can't be contacted, the Diocesan team will be able to help.

Childline - 0800 11 11 - a free confidential helpline for children, open 24 hours a day, every day, all year.

NSPCC - 0808 800 5000 - If you are worried about a child, contact the NSPCC helpline. Don't wait until you are certain, call for advice and support or email help@nspcc.org.uk

The Silverline - 0800 4 70 80 90 - a free confidential helpline for older people open 24 hours a day, every day, all year.

The Samaritans - 116 123 - If there is something troubling you, you can get in touch any time.

Warwickshire Children's Social Care Team - 01926 414144 (out of hours: 01926 886 922) - to report any concerns about abuse, neglect or cruelty

Contact	Jan Pringle // Safeguarding Officer E: safeguarding@stpl.org.uk T: 07580 049961