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

This section sets out some general advice for Church Officers on how to identify and how to initially respond to domestic abuse. 

Ensuring that victims and survivors who disclose abuse within the Church of England receive appropriate support is a central pillar of the Church’s approach to safeguarding.

Key policy and practice guidance documents which inform the Church of England's safeguarding work.

This Church of England guidance outlines what Church bodies must do to create safe environments free from abuse for all and the provisions for referring to the needs of victims and survivors of abuse by Church Officers or within church-settings.

A number of survivors and safeguarding professionals from the National Safeguarding Team, dioceses and parishes have worked together to develop a series of videos.

All relevant information, documents and papers for the July 2017 Group of Sessions.

All relevant information, documents and papers for the February 2017 Group of Sessions.

Any allegations against a Church of England church officer, must be dealt with using the procedures set out in the Responding to, assessing and managing concerns or allegations against church officers practice guidance.

NEWS / General Synod February group of sessions 2017: Tuesday