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)
Mrs. M. Cutler. (Parish Safeguarding Officer) (01202 523346)
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:
- Email safeguarding@salisbury.anglican.org
- Phone 01722 438651
- safeguarding section of the diocesan website
For urgent advice out-of-hours please contact thirtyone:eight on 0303 0031111. (5pm Friday - 10pm Sunday)
In case of emergency and/or immediate harm call 999
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 phone Childline on 0800 1111
Other useful links
- Safe Spaces – 0300 303 1056 Home - Safe Spaces England and Wales
- NSPCC – 0808 800 5000 NSPCC | The UK children's charity | NSPCC
- Stop it Now – 0808 1000 900 https://www.stopitnow.org.uk/
- NAPAC – 0808 801 0331 NAPAC - Supporting Recovery From Childhood Abuse
- Samaritans – 116 123 Samaritans | Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy | Here to listen
- Family Lives – 0808 800 2222 Parenting and Family Support | Family Lives
- National Domestic Abuse Helpline – 0808 2000 247 Homepage - National Domestic Abuse Helpline
- Hourglass – 0808 808 8141 Hourglass Services | Hourglass
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