Safe Spaces is planned as a vital support service for survivors of church-related abuse across the Church of England and the Catholic Church in England and Wales.

National Safeguarding Steering Group December 2022

IICSA statement from national safeguarding director

The final stages for publishing a National Register of Clergy, to strengthen safeguarding in the Church of England, are now underway.

Summary of July National Safeguarding Steering Group meeting 

Publication of blogs on national redress scheme 

Bishop Jonathan Gibbs, the Church of England’s lead safeguarding bishop, opened the meeting and highlighted what he described as the cultural resistance to and complexity of achieving real change in the Church and the personal pressure this puts on safeguarding leaders.

Summary of July meeting of National Safeguarding Steering Group 

Former chief crown prosecutor appointed as the independent chair of National Safeguarding Panel.

Short Summary of September 2020 meeting