Safeguarding

We are a Church that is committed to the Gospel and to our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ. We are a fellowship of people who love Jesus and love and care for each other. ‘For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another’ (1 John 3:11).

Accordingly, we recognise that safeguarding children and vulnerable adults is a serious responsibility for the church. We have this policy, which was revised and updated in August 2024, in place to protect and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults with whom we come into contact.

We have appointed a co-ordinator (Mick Mellors, one of our elders) and deputy co-ordinator (Ian Durber, one of our deacons) and a third person to make up the Safeguarding Group, in order to oversee and implement this safeguarding policy. We will always ensure that at least one of these people is a woman.

This policy seeks to guide and direct our approach and actions with regard to the safeguarding of those that are vulnerable. Any situation that brings people into contact with one another can potentially lend itself to abuse – sadly, churches are not immune from this.  This policy, therefore, covers both what we should do toavoid abuse, or suspicion of abuse, within the church and also how we respond to concerns that come to ourattention about possible abuse that takes place outside of the church.

At Peel Street, all those involved with children’s work, which includes those that are responsible for children when their parents are not present, have been trained on our safeguarding policy.

If you’d like to read our full safeguarding policy, you can view it here.