CHRIST CHURCH WILLASTON - SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

At Christ Church, Willaston - in - Wirral, we take our duty and obligation to safeguard and protect all people extremely seriously and we have adopted the National Church of England's robust safeguarding procedures and guidelines. Our Safeguarding Contact can be found at the bottom of this page.

If you or anyone you are in contact with would like to talk with someone independently, please call the Safe Spaces helpline on 0300 303 1056 or email safespace@victimsupport.org.uk

Alternatively, you may contact the Parish Safeguarding Officer - contact details can be found on the Church Noticeboard or in the Parish Magazine.

You can also contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team to report a concern or to make enquiries: please email safeguarding@chester.anglican.org - Please note, this email is monitored between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. For general safeguarding enquiries, please call 01928 718834 ext. 259 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Friday.

For Out of Hours support, please contact our partner organisation - Thirtyone:eight on 0303 003 1111. Thirtyone:eight is an independent Christian charity that offers a telephone listening service for adult survivors of abuse to talk about their experiences in details and in confidence with a sensitive listener.

To view our Safeguarding Policy, please click here https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-11/promoting-a-safer-church-policy-notes.pdf

To raise any safeguarding concerns within our church, please contact our Safeguarding Lead, Anne Hughes, or Susan Schwab at  ASWillaston@Outlook.com