Safeguarding

Protection of Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults

We take safeguarding seriously and have adopted the Church of England House of Bishops’ policy on Child Protection for all our work with children. All our volunteers have completed a DBS check and safeguarding training, and work under close supervision.

About our Safeguarding Policy

Most of the time at church we are like a big happy family. However, even in very happy families, people can have a bad day and even people we know and trust can upset us. We want to help everyone have good days all of the time. We try to make sure that people who have jobs in the church always behave well and in a way that is helpful to you. We never want anyone or anything in Church to frighten you, confuse you or worry you. It is important that you tell us if something is upsetting you or if you are feeling worried about something that’s happening or something somebody is doing. We have specially trained people who you can talk to and who you can ask for help. These people are good at safeguarding. This means they look after everyone’s safety. Caring for people is a very important part of our Christian life.

The aim of the Church of England is to make churches safer and also to create safe places where people feel able to disclose abuse beyond the church (e.g. at home, school or work). In order to facilitate this, please report any concerns you may have to any of the people or teams below as quickly as possible.

The people who can help you are

Our Parish Vicar Revd Sherine Angus  Tel 01406 426646
email sherine.angus@lincoln.anglican.org

Our Rural Dean Revd Barbara Hutchinson  Tel 01406 422354

Our safeguarding officer Caz Dennis, Safeguarding Lead & Deanery Administrator.
Tel 01406 423460  or email  EEDeanery@lincoln.anglican.org
Office Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday 9:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Or, if you wish to speak to someone outside of All Saints Church, you can contact:

The Diocese of Lincoln Safeguarding Team
Tel 01522 504070 or email safeguarding@lincoln.anglican.org
Available 08:30 am until 5:00 pm Monday to Friday

For emergencies, If a child or adult is at immediate risk of significant harm, contact 999 in the first instance, followed by one of the teams above as appropriate.

For general information about Safeguarding in our Diocese, please visit the link below

Diocese of Lincoln Safeguarding Information 

Other National helplines: 

NSPCC – 0808 800 5000
Childline – 0800 1111
Stop it Now – 0808 1000 900
NAPAC – 0808 801 0331
Samaritans – 116 123
Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
National Domestic Violence Helpline – 0808 2000 247
Action on Elder Abuse – 0808 808 8141