NEWS / Responding Well to Domestic Abuse: Policy and Practice Guidance

NEWS / The Bishop of Durham, Paul Butler, lead bishop on safeguarding has issued a statement today following various media comments on his recent contribution in the House of Lords regarding Bishop George Bell.

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

NEWS / Archbishop Commissions Independent Review of Peter Ball Case

The National Safeguarding Team has commissioned the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) to help improve how the Church treats people who have been abused or are at risk of harm.

The House of Bishops National Safeguarding Steering met via Zoom at the beginning of July. 

IICSA has announced today further details into the Peter Ball hearing to be held 23-27 July 2018.

 Findings of survivor engagement national survey published

General Synod has voted to approve the Safeguarding and Learning Development Framework as a Code of Practice which sets out details of the Church’s safeguarding learning pathways, for the next three years.

A complaint under the Clergy Discipline Measure against the Dean of Lincoln, Christine Wilson, made by the national director of safeguarding has now been determined by the Bishop of Sheffield