Safeguarding
St. Thomas' Church takes its responsibilities surrounding the safeguarding of children, young people, and adults who may be at risk very seriously, and works in partnership with the Diocese of Salisbury to ensure that we work in accordance with best practice at all times.
Our Parish Safeguarding Policy can be downloaded here
The local safeguarding contacts for our parish are:
Rev. S Evans (Vicar) (01202 519735 or 07711301878)
Mrs. G Hodgson. (Parish Safeguarding Officer) (01202 610976)
If you have any concerns regarding safeguarding at St. Thomas' Church please telephone one of the numbers above or complete the following contact form (which will be sent to one of the people named above) and we will respond as soon as possible.
Alternatively:
Contact Salisbury Diocesan Safeguarding Team for advice or support:
The team is available from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. You can:
- Email safeguarding@salisbury.anglican.org
- Phone 07500 664800 (Monday to Thursday inclusive and on call Monday and Tuesday evenings until 9pm)
- Phone 07469 857888 (Tuesday to Friday inclusive and on call Wednesday and Thursday evenings until 9pm)
If your query is urgent or out of hours, please contact
thirtyone:eight on 0303 0031111.
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 which takes you the Childline website, or telephone Childline on 0800 1111
- 2 Western Avenue
- Ensbury Park
- Bournemouth
- Dorset
- BH10 5BN