All staff and volunteers working with children must have a DBS criminal records check and attend regular church and diocese safeguarding training events. Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Lynne Southerin who attends the church regularly and can be contacted about any child protection issues.
If you have any concerns or questions to do with safeguarding in general please contact Lynne Southerin, the Vicar, Revd John Naude, or our Youth Worker, Dave Casson.
We highly value our children and vulnerable adults at St Peter's and we do everything we can to ensure that they all have a wonderful, safe and supportive experience of church. All our staff and volunteers working with children undergo safeguarding training according to the Diocese of Chester requirements, and they are all required to undergo a criminal records check (DBS) before having contact with children.
Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Lynne Southerin. Lynne is retired and volunteers with the local Scouts shop. She is very approachable and regularly attends our 10.30 Sunday service at the Parish Church. Do contact Lynne if you have any concerns about the safety of children or vulnerable adults at St Andrew’s. Her phone number is 07887 399953, or email Lynne at lynnesoutherin@gmail.com
If it is not possible to contact Lynne, please contact any of our Safeguarding team who are:
Revd John Naude (Vicar) or Dave Casson (Youth Pastor).
If you are a child and you need to talk to someone about things that are happening to you that you don’t like, please click on this link (https://www.childline.org.uk/) which takes you the Childline website, or telephone Childline on 0800 1111. Down the Childline ‘For Me App’ here (https://www.childline.org.uk/toolbox/for-me/). Another helpful website to look at is Kidscape (https://www.kidscape.org.uk/)
If you are an adult and you need to access support about something that is happening to you, please click on this link (safeguarding@chester.anglican.org) to find out how you can do that. Scroll down to find links to various support organisations for you to contact.
If you need to contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team, please click on this link (safeguarding@chester.anglican.org)
If you need to report a safeguarding concern to the statutory authorities in Cheshire, please click on this link, (https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/health-and-social-care/adult-social-care/the-care-act/safeguarding) click on the option on the left that most describes the situation you are concerned about, and follow the advice and further links you find there. Please remember to contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team as well once you have contacted the statutory authorities.
