The Parish of St Hilda and St Columba

and the Clifton Centre Community Association

Have adopted the House of Bishops ‘Promoting a Safer Church’ Safeguarding Policy Statement, including the Six Overarching Policy Commitments:

Promoting a safer environment and culture.

Safely recruiting and supporting all those with responsibility related to children, and vulnerable adults.

Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation.

Caring pastorally for victims/survivors of abuse and other affected persons.

Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concern /allegations of abuse and other affected persons.

Responding to those that may pose a present risk.

St Columba’s nominated safeguarding representatives – Helen Cowen 01325 257 950, email bookbabe2k [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk – Susan Degnan 01325 352 793, email cliftoncolumba [at] gmail [dot] com

The full Durham Diocesan Policy can be found on their website in the safeguarding section, just click or copy this link into your search engine. https://tinyurl.com/e3nh4vt