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St. Paul’s Church, Chippenham

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Child Protection Policy

St. Paul’s is committed to ensuring the safety of children while in its care. Our Child Protection Policy is summarised here.

Diocese of Bristol Parish Child Protection Policy Statement
Parish of St Paul’s Chippenham

The following policy has been adopted by the Parochial Church Council of St Paul’s with Langley Burrell.

  1. We are committed to implementing the House of Bishops’ Child Protection Policy Protecting All God’s Children, and the diocesan procedures, which are based on the Children Act 1989, and the Home Office Guidance Safe from Harm.
  2. We are committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of the children within our church community.
  3. We will carefully select and train ordained and lay ministers; volunteers and paid workers with children and young people using the Criminal Records Bureau, to check the background of each person.
  4. We will respond without delay to every complaint made, that a child or young person for whom we are responsible may have been harmed.
  5. We will fully cooperate with statutory agencies during any investigation they make into allegations concerning a member of the church community.
  6. We will seek to offer informed pastoral care to any child, young person or adult who has suffered abuse.
  7. We will care for and supervise any member of our church community known to have offended against a child.
  8. We will review this policy annually, and, as part of this, check that all our procedures, including the CRB Annex, are up to date.

Our Child Protection Representative is Mrs Maddy Crook.
She can be contacted through the parish office: St Paul’s Parish Office, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, SN15 1PW.