The Church of England’s interim support scheme 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 Archbishops’ Council has established an Interim Support Scheme to improve the Church’s response to current and non-current survivors of Church-related abuse.

Updates for interim support scheme

An Interim Minister, initially supported by Strategic Development Funding in Chelmsford diocese’s Turnaround Project and latterly by Capacity Funding, has built up a network of about 150 people across 32 dioceses involved in interim ministry. 

Here you will find information about the Church of England’s National Redress Scheme. The purpose of the Redress Scheme is to demonstrate in tangible and practical ways that the Church is truly sorry for its past failings relating to safeguarding. 

Publication of the interim report from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, IICSA.

Individual Supported Housing Schemes.

Interim chair and vice chair appointed to Church’s National Safeguarding Panel

NEWS / The Bishop of Dover, the Rt Revd Trevor Willmott, is to assume interim episcopal oversight of the work of the Church of England in the Channel Islands on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to whom the Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Revd Tim Dakin, delegated the oversight of the Islands.

NEWS / The Rt Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham, today responded as Chair of the Joint Safeguarding Liaison Group to the Interim Report of the Archbishop's Chichester Visitation.