Preamble
Every person has a value and dignity which come directly from their creation in God’s own image and likeness. Christians see this as fulfilled by God’s re-creation of us in Christ. Among other things this implies a duty to value all people and therefore to protect them from harm.
Principles
We are committed to:
- The safeguarding and protection of all children, young people, vulnerable adults and people with a disability, and to the care and nurture of the children, within our Knighthood family.
- The care, nurture of, and respectful pastoral ministry, children, young people vulnerable adults and people with a disability.
- The establishing whenever we meet of a safe, caring community which provides a loving environment where there is a culture of vigilance as to the dangers of abuse.
POLICY
- We will respond without delay to every complaint made which suggests that a child, young person, vulnerable adult or person with a disability may have been harmed, cooperating with the police and local authority in any investigation.
- As trustees we will ensure that we both have and provide awareness training to enable the Knighthood to follow safeguarding principles.
- In line with our procedures we will seek to work with anyone who has suffered abuse, developing with them an appropriate ministry of informed pastoral care.
- We will seek to challenge any abuse of power, especially by anyone in a position of trust.
- We will seek to offer pastoral care and support, including supervision and referral to proper authorities, of any member of our Knighthood family known to have offended against a child, young person, vulnerable adult or person with a disability.
- We will follow statute, guidance and recognized good practice. As part of this members will not knowingly place themselves in a situation where they will expose themselves to the risk of harm. We will (all) seek to protect each other from situations where harm could arise.
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In the event of a complaint or disclosure the named person to contact is Purpose (Georgina Vye). Her mobile number is 07590 989916. She will document the matter and decide on the appropriate next steps in dealing with the matter. If for any reason she is not available, or it is not appropriate to involve her, the Deputy Safeguarding Lead is Illumine (Rosalind Sellers).
This policy was approved by members on 30th August 2025, and will be reviewed annually.