Safeguarding
Safeguarding everyone at Warwick Network Church is a priority for us. If you have an incident, disclosure, or concern to report to us, please use the form below.
Contact the Safeguarding Team
If you think a child or adult is in immediate danger or a crime has been committed, you should call the police on 999.
Other ways to get in touch
Pat Kibbler
Parish Safeguarding Officer for the Parish of St Paul’s Warwick
Margaret Gayler
Parish Safeguarding Officer for the Parish of St Michael’s Budbrooke (including Chase Meadow)
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor
Diocese of Coventry
If, for any reason, Margaret or Pat can’t be contacted, the Diocesan team will be able to help. Contact them on 024 7652 1345 or go directly to their webpage: https://www.coventry.anglican.org/info-for-parishes/safeguarding/
Useful contact numbers
If you think a child or adult is in immediate danger or a crime has been committed, you should call the police on 999.
- Childline – 0800 11 11 – a free confidential helpline for children, open 24 hours a day, every day, all year.
- NSPCC – 0808 800 5000 – If you are worried about a child, contact the NSPCC helpline. Don’t wait until you are certain, call for advice and support or email [email protected]
- The Silverline – 0800 4 70 80 90 – a free confidential helpline for older people open 24 hours a day, every day, all year.
- The Samaritans – 116 123 – If there is something troubling you, you can get in touch any time.
- Warwickshire Children’s Social Care Team – 01926 414144 (out of hours: 01926 886 922) – to report any concerns about abuse, neglect or cruelty
- Stop it Now – 0808 1000 900
- NAPAC – 0808 801 0331
- Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
- National Domestic Violence Helpline – 0808 2000 247
- Action on Elder Abuse – 0808 808 814
Our safeguarding policy statement
- Every person has a value and dignity which comes directly from the creation of male and female in God’s own image and likeness. Christians see this potential as fulfilled by God’s re-creation of us in Christ. This implies a duty to value all people as bearing the image of God and therefore to protect them from harm.
- As a church, we have adopted the Church of England’s safeguarding policy ‘Promoting a Safer Church.’
- We commit ourselves to nurture, protect and safeguard all our members, particularly children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- We recognise that safeguarding is the responsibility of the whole church community.
- We undertake to exercise proper care in the selection, appointment, training and support of those working in both paid and voluntary positions with children or vulnerable adults, including the use of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosures and making appropriate referrals to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
- We will respond without delay to concerns or allegations that a child or vulnerable adult may have been harmed, cooperating with the police and social care services in any investigation.
- We will challenge any abuse of power by anyone in a position of trust.
- We will seek to offer pastoral care and support to anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with them appropriate pastoral support.
- We will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to the proper authorities, to any member of our church community known to have offended against a child, young person or vulnerable adult.