Safeguarding
A Safe Church For All
Our activities must be safe for all, with safeguarding policies and practices that promote a safer church. We take safeguarding seriously and are always seeking to review our systems to ensure that we are appropriately monitoring issues as they arise.
Cranbrook Church Safeguarding Policy Notice, Arp 2023 (PDF)
Contact Details
To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints please in the first instance contact the Minister.
You can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or via email or at the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire. SK9 5AF.
Who Can I Turn To?
If you have questions regarding safeguarding, or need to raise a concern or make a disclosure regarding church-related abuse, please contact:
Jon Holder
Minister
Jude Carter
Pastor
Seek Support From Outside
You can also contact the Safeguarding Team at the Exeter Diocese with safeguarding issues on 01865 208290 safeguarding@oxford.anglican.org. If you would rather seek help from outside the church, you can contact:
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NSPCC Child Protection Helpline: 0808 800 5000 (free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are worried about a child.
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Child-line: 0800 1111 (free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are a child or young person and are worried about anything.
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National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247 (lines free and open 24 hours). Phone if you are experiencing domestic abuse.
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Hourglass Helpline: 080 8808 8141 (free phone Monday to Friday 9-5pm). Provides support to families suffering with abuse of older people
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Samaritans Helpline: 08457 90 90 90 (open 24 hours). Phone if you feel you are struggling to cope and need someone to talk to
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Details of further organisations that can help can be found on the Exeter Diocese website.