All Souls Church works to encourage a safe environment for children and for adults facing additional safeguarding risks who visit, worship or are employed at All Souls Church. Details of how to respond to a possible safeguarding risk can be found here.
Our Parish is committed to the Five Standards. The Five Standards aim to cover the breadth of safeguarding activity in the Church. The Five Standards are: Culture, Leadership and Capacity: Church bodies have safe and healthy cultures, effective leadership, resourcing, and scrutiny arrangements necessary to deliver high-quality safeguarding practices and outcomes.
The Parochial Church Council has adopted the London Diocese PCC Safeguarding Statement and all those who hire or use our premises are expected to abide by this safeguarding policy or agree a comparable policy with our safeguarding leads.
The PCC shall review this policy annually. The next review will take place at the first PCC meeting following the APCM in May 2025.
- The 'Promoting a Safer Church' document is publicised and promoted, and available to all Church Officer
- Access the 'Parish Safeguarding Handbook' and other Church of England resources and campaigns
- Church of England safeguarding policy and practice guidance
Safeguarding Officer: Jean Lewis
the first person to speak to if you have any concerns around the welfare of a child or adult at risk
Tel: 0208 9652162
Children & Vulnerable Adults’ Champion: Ingrid Bruno-Snelling
the advocate for children and vulnerable adults, making sure their views are heard and their needs are thought of
Tel: 0208 4531983
Parish DBS Evidence Checker: Michelle Roberts
Parish DBS Evidence Checker ensures that all people who work with children and vulnerable adults have DBS clearance
The following people are our first aiders:
Ifeoma Umeh (Team Leader), Deborah St Louis, Ingrid Bruno Snelling, Jean Lewis
the first person to speak to if you have any concerns around the welfare of a child or adult at risk
Tel: 0208 9652162
Children & Vulnerable Adults’ Champion: Ingrid Bruno-Snelling
the advocate for children and vulnerable adults, making sure their views are heard and their needs are thought of
Tel: 0208 4531983
Parish DBS Evidence Checker: Michelle Roberts
Parish DBS Evidence Checker ensures that all people who work with children and vulnerable adults have DBS clearance
The following people are our first aiders:
Ifeoma Umeh (Team Leader), Deborah St Louis, Ingrid Bruno Snelling, Jean Lewis
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor for Willesden:
Local authority safeguarding team numbers:
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor for Willesden:
- Angela Colman Tel: 020 3837 5099 Email: [email protected]
Local authority safeguarding team numbers:
- NSPCC for adults concerned about a child – 0808 800 5000
- Childline for children and young people – 0800 1111
- Action on Elder Abuse helpline – 0808 808 8141
- 24-hour National Domestic Violence helpline – 0808 2000 247
- NAPAC offers support and advice to adult survivors of childhood abuse – 08088010331
- Stop It Now helps prevent child sexual abuse – 0808 1000 900
- Cruse bereavement helpline – 0808 808 1677
- Family Lives provides support and advice on family issues – 0808 800 222
- MACSAS for people who have been abused by church officers – 0808 801 0340
- Samaritans for people struggling to cope and needing someone to talk to – 116 123
Contact details and information about the Diocese of London Safeguarding Team can be found here.
Safeguarding Procedure for Dealing with Allegations or Concerns
The Parish Safeguarding Handbook states that the incumbent and the PCC will:
We follow the guidance in Section 7 of the Parish Safeguarding Handbook, which is summarised below.
- Have a procedure in place to deal promptly with safeguarding allegations or suspicions of abuse;
- Report all safeguarding concerns or allegations including those against church officers to the Parish Safeguarding Officer/
We follow the guidance in Section 7 of the Parish Safeguarding Handbook, which is summarised below.
