Summary of July National Safeguarding Steering Group meeting 

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.

The Church Commissioners for England has learned from research it commissioned that Queen Anne’s Bounty, a predecessor fund of the Church Commissioners’ £10.1 billion endowment, had links with transatlantic chattel slavery.

NSSG report from May and March 2022

The Revd Lynda Davies, Rector of All Saints Cottenham, in Ely Diocese has been appointed to the Church of England’s National Safeguarding Panel as a parish clergy member. 

Churches across England have been combining prayer for Ukraine with practical help for refugees and others suffering because of the Russian invasion.

Publication of lessons learnt review into Church of England’s handling of allegations against late Revd Graham Gregory

The Church of England Pensions Board has today published its Annual Review, covering the work of the Board throughout 2021.

Revd Lynn Boyle leads services and works behind the bar as Chaplain of the Country Music Festivals of Whitebottom Farm in Stockport.

More than 70 new arrivals from Hong Kong have been warmly welcomed to the Diocese of Leeds at a special church event.