Our Commitments
- Promoting a safer environment and culture
- Safely recruiting and supporting all those with any responsibility related to children and vulnerable adults
- Responding promptly to every safeguarding concern or allegation
- Caring pastorally for victims/survivors of abuse or other affected persons
- Caring pastorally for those who are the subject of concerns/allegations of abuse and other affected persons
- Responding to those that may pose a present risk.
Local contacts available to speak to if you have any concerns:
- Parish Safeguarding Officer: Christopher Whitmey, 01432 860449
- Diocesan Safeguarding Officer: Mandy McPhee, 07875 757396
- Herefordshire Council Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub: Children, 01432 260800 / Adults, 01432 260715
Emergency Duty Team: 0330 123 9309 (after 5 pm, weekends & Public Holiday)
If there is immediate risk or danger please contact the police on 101
Helplines
- Family Lives (Parents’ Support): 0808 800 2222
- Childline: 0800 1111
- Stop It Now (Child Abuse): 0808 1000 900
- NSPCC: 0808 800 5000
- Action on Elder Abuse: 080 8808 8141
- Samaritans: 116 123
- National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247
- National Association for People Abused in Childhood: 0808 801 0331