Notes from the November meeting of the National Safeguarding Steering Group 

The Church of England announced the publication today of its Briefing Paper on Shale Gas and Fracking.

The House of Bishops met to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic over Zoom today.  

Summary National Safeguarding Steering Group (NSSG) November 2023

The House has now reverted to a schedule of monthly meetings with this meeting being the meeting for November.

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.

FEATURE / The Church of England’s digital communications team has trained more than 200 parishes in social media and writing for the web.

The House of Bishops met on the evening of Monday 23rd November, in the margins of Synod, and approved the Religious Communities Regulations 2020  as set out in (GS 2192) (“the Regulations”). 

NEWS / In June 2014 one of the Church of England's safeguarding advisers contacted the Police with information concerning individuals against whom allegations had been made to a priest in the 1980s.

Remarks by Adam Matthews, Head of Engagement for the Church Commissioners and Church of England Pensions Board, at today's Royal Dutch Shell AGM.