Keeping Safe
The care and protection of those in our community involved in church activities, of all ages, is the responsibility of the whole Church. Everyone who participates in the life of the Church has a role to play in promoting a Safer Church for all. This page summarises the principles of safeguarding at St Andrew's Church, West Deeping and provides contact information if you would like to talk to anyone.
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 people who can help you are the parish priest or the parish safeguarding officer. You can contact the safeguarding officer for West Deeping church, Allan Crowson or the parish priest Fr Aran whose mobile number is 07590 055905.
For anyone looking for help but not necessarily wanting to talk to someone in the church, or for people to call if Fr Aran is not available, please call:
Childline: 0800 1111
EdanLincs (Domestic Abuse): 01522 510041
Men’s Advice Line: 0808 8010327
Elder Abuse Hotline: 0800 0699 784
Safe Spaces: 0300 303 1056
For further help, please see the Lincoln Diocese Safeguarding website at Safeguarding - Lincoln Diocese.
The statement of safeguarding principles and points of contact for St Andrew's Church, West Deeping are in the attachments below.