Safeguarding
A message from The Bishop:
‘I give you a new commandment: love one another; just as I have loved you, you also must love one another. By this love you have for one another, everyone will know that you are my disciples.’ (John 13: 34-35)
I am grateful that we have a very professional diocesan Safeguarding team who train, support and work closely with our excellent parish Safeguarding Representatives. But the duty to love one another, to protect and safeguard one another, is part of that commandment we have all received from Christ Jesus; at its heart is the duty to help protect the safety and dignity of everyone, especially the most vulnerable, and to respect, listen carefully to, and learn from, those who have been victims and survivors of abuse.
So Safeguarding of others is part and parcel of the DNA of every Christian; an essential characteristic of our identity as Christ’s followers, and so it must be reflected in the way we all seek to protect, respect, and treat each other with care. The responsibility for Safeguarding across our diocese is therefore something that we cannot simply leave to others. Only if each one of us is engaged in this way of thinking and acting can we foster a lived culture of safeguarding across our diocese.
I urge everyone in our parishes and chaplaincies to give your Safeguarding representative your full support, and to join with them in fostering a deeper and more evident culture of safeguarding, care and protection for everyone. It is our shared responsibility to ensure that our parishes and chaplaincies are safe places for everyone, especially those who are most vulnerable in our society.
Patrick McKinney
Bishop of Nottingham
Our Parish adheres to the Nottingham Roman Catholic Diocese Safeguarding Policies and Practices. Further information can be found here:
www.dioceseofnottingham.uk/departments/safeguarding
Parish Safeguarding Handbook – Final-min.pdf
Our parish safeguarding representatives are:
Bourne Rep: Gill Mcilhagga,
Tel: 07504 760958
gillian.mcilhaggaPSR@dioceseofnottingham.uk
Deeping Rep: Kevin Daly,
Tel: 07958 578850
dalykevin@rocketmail.com
Important contacts
Diocesan Director of safeguarding:
Tel: 07825648310
Diocesan safeguarding team
Email: safeguarding@dioceseofnottingham.uk
Tel: 01159539849
Police
999 (emergency
101 (non-emergency)
Helplines:
Samaritans: 116123 (UK)
Childline: 0800 1111 (For children)
Elder Abuse: 0800 0699 784
National Domestic abuse: 0808 2000 247
Additional Resources:
Safe Spaces
Tel: 0300 303 1056
The Survivors Trust
Http://thesurvivorstrust.org
Victim Support
www.victimsupport.org.uk
Stop it Now
Tel: 0808 1000 900
Grief to Grace
Tel: 020 7937 4297
www.grieftograce.org
Modern Slavery
www.modernslavery.co.uk
Spiritual abuse
www.spiritualabuse.com
NSPCC (For adults concerned about a child)
0808 800 5000