The Church of England has published today new House of Bishops’ guidance on reporting safeguarding and other Serious Incidents to the Charity Commission. This is the first time the Church of England has produced Charity Commission approved guidance.

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.

A Safeguarding Practice Review, SPR, has been jointly commissioned by the National Safeguarding Team and the dioceses of Chelmsford and Southwark to look at the lessons to be learnt from the Church’s handling of the David Tudor case.

The Church of England has today published its detailed responses to the recommendations of the IICSA report from October.

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

The independent report into the Church's handling of its 2007-9 Past Cases Review, PCR, has been published today.

From the Bishop of Huddersfield, Jonathan Gibbs, the Church of England’s lead safeguarding bishop and Melissa Caslake the Church’s national director of safeguarding.

 

The Church of England's National Safeguarding Team has today published a progress report, one year on from the Elliott Review.

NSSG April 2020 report.

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.