General Synod has voted to approve new safeguarding codes of practice on; Managing and Reporting Safeguarding Concerns and Allegation and on Religious Communities (deemed approved). 

At its April meeting General Synod unanimously approved the draft Safeguarding (Code of Practice) Measure which strengthens and clarifies the obligation to follow safeguarding 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.

National Safeguarding statement following survivor testimony 

Update from the November meeting of the National Safeguarding Steering Group, NSSG

The barrister who is conducting the independent review into the Church of England’s Independent Safeguarding Board has set a deadline for the submission of evidence.

Summary of the July 2024 meeting of National Safeguarding Steering Group, NSSG.

The National Safeguarding Team, NST, has been updated on its complaint against the Reverend Mike Pilavachi, under the Clergy Discipline Measure.

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.

 Findings of survivor engagement national survey published