Safeguarding

SAFEGUARDING SUNDAY

The Diocese of Lincoln is supporting this year’s Safeguarding Sunday, 10 October 2021, encouraging local churches to use their regular Sunday service to explore together what safer places look like, and to thank all those working behind the scenes to make our churches safer for all. There are already more churches signed up at this stage than all participants last year. For more information and resources click HERE.

To register your church as taking part, click HERE.

Safeguarding Structure

Currently in this transition period while the Bishop of Lincoln returns to full episcopal duties, all his functions and authority pertaining to safeguarding have been delegated to the Bishop of Grimsby, the Rt Rev Dr David Court.

Contacting the safeguarding team & reporting concerns:

The Safeguarding Team continues to support you in your work as we transition out of lockdown. Should you need to speak with anyone about a serious safeguarding matter, please find details below.

• During office hours - to speak with the duty Safeguarding Professional, please email [email protected] giving a brief description of your concern or question and a telephone number and they will respond with an appropriate response as soon as practicable.
• For allegations against a Church Officer outside of office hours - please contact your area archdeacon - contact numbers can be found at: https://www.lincoln.anglican.org/archdeacons-office .
• Any other concern outside of office hours - 

  If your matter is emergency please contact the police on 999 or 101, or for non-church related safeguarding matters please contact your local authority:

  • Lincolnshire County Council
  • North East Lincolnshire County Council
  • North Lincolnshire Council
• For general enquiries, please contact the safeguarding team administrator, Kate, on [email protected] or 07711 885968. Alternatively scroll down for information about DBS, training, or survivor support.
  • To tell us about changes to the PSO role-holder or to update your contact details, please click HERE

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To make a complaint or for whistleblowing, please follow this link: Complaints & Whistleblowing

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A specialist national helpline (Tel 0800 80 20 20) has been set up to operate independently of the church. The Helpline is operated by the NSPCC . Anyone can use the helpline to provide information or to raise concerns regarding abuse within the Church of England context; whether they are reporting issues relating to children, adults or seeking to whistle blow about poor safeguarding practice.