We are committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within our community.
Call 999 if a child or adult is in immediate danger of significant or serious harm.
If you are worried about a current or historic incidence of abuse – which could be sexual, financial, emotional, controlling behaviour, bullying or domestic abuse – you don’t need to suffer alone.
Please contact:
Parish Safeguarding Officer.
Mrs Clare Traynor
07747 856848
You can also seek advice from the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser:
Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser
Lisa Anderson
07999 028 076
lisa.anderson@hereford.anglican.org
https://www.hereford.anglican.org/safeguarding
Or report the matter to your Local Authority Social Care Services or the Police. If in doubt, please don’t hesitate to call the police:
Herefordshire Council Integrated Front Door (formerly MASH)
To speak to the team – (01432) 260800 (9am – 5pm Monday to Friday)
To email the team – ReferralsCYPD@herefordshire.gov.uk
Emergency Duty Team
(01905) 768020 (out of hours number for when Integrated Front Door (formerly MASH) are unavailable) – contact by phone in the first instance
Children’s Help and Advice Team (CHAT)
01432 260261
National helplines:
NSPCC – 0808 800 5000
Childline – 0800 1111
Stop it Now – 0808 1000 900
NAPAC – 0808 801 0331
Samaritans – 116 123
Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
National Domestic Violence Helpline – 0808 2000 247
Action on Elder Abuse – 0808 808 8141
You can find out more about Safeguarding in the Church of England here: https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding
And you can read the Parish Safeguarding Handbook here:
https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/ParishSafeGuardingHandBookAugust2019Web.pdf