A new initiative focused on survivors of church-based abuse and those who support them is being launched by the Diocese of Newcastle.

The initiative, which is a response to recent guidance issued by the Church of England to church officers and church bodies on how to respond well to victims and survivors of all kinds of abuse, has been part funded by the charity Safe Spaces.

Members of Ukraine's Anglican community are continuing to pray together online as war sees congregants flee across Europe. 

The Church of England’s interim support scheme has just marked its first anniversary and is part of the Church’s recognition that harm has been caused by both that abuse itself, and the Church’s responses to survivors.

The January 2022 meeting of the National Safeguarding Steering Group, NSSG, was chaired by the lead safeguarding bishop.

The House of Bishops met remotely via Zoom for its final meeting of 2021 on Monday 13 December.

The Church of England is setting up a new group to support local churches resettling refugees in partnership with the Home Office.

The House of Bishops met remotely via Zoom for its final meeting of 2021 on Monday 13 December.

The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, has urged people to take steps now to protect each other as we prepare to celebrate Christmas – the second during the global Covid-19 pandemic – amid a rise in cases.

Notes from the November meeting of the National Safeguarding Steering Group 

The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally, calls for everyone to take steps to protect themselves and others following the identification of the new variant.