Safeguarding
A church that is safe for all
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.
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.
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: