Read safeguarding news and views from the National Safeguarding Team.

Article for Civil Society magazine by lead safeguarding bishop Joanne Woolway Grenfell on safeguarding governance in the Church of England.

Church of England submission on Government consultation on mandatory reporting

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.

NEWS / The Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, Chair of the Churches National safeguarding committee, made the following comments to the Press Association in response to Home Secretary Theresa May's announcement yesterday that there will be two inquiries into alleged child abuse and cover up in Westminster in the 1970s and 80s. 

Safe Spaces charity welcomes Paul Langham and Craig Russo.

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.

A support service for survivors of church-related abuse has published its 2024 Evaluation report.

Short Summary of September 2020 meeting

National Safeguarding Steering Group December 2022