Guidance - Allegations/Offenders

Responding to assessing and managing concerns or allegations against church officers (Replaces - Chapter 7 ‘Managing Allegations against Church Officers’, Chapter 8 ‘Suspected abusers and known offenders’ and ‘the model agreement with offender’ in ‘Protecting All God’s Children 2010’) and replaces Promoting a Safe Church (2006) (that relates to concerns or allegations against church officers)

Safeguarding Agreements who should know

Serious Incident Reporting

The Church has worked with the Charity Commission to agree bespoke guidance for DBFs, PCCs and Religious Communities on how to identify and report a Serious Incident.

Please find below the relevant guidance and forms required. You can also find more information on the Parish Resources website here:

•  Explanatory Note explaining what the new Guidance and Templates are and what action needs to be taken. 
•  Guidance for DBFs, PCCs and Religious Communities on identifying and reporting Safeguarding Serious Incidents. 
•  Practical Guidance on how to make a Safeguarding Serious Incident Report (including a template report). 
•  Guidance for PCCs on identifying and reporting non-safeguarding Serious Incidents (including a template report). 
•  Example Delegation for the PCC trustees to adapt and pass in order to delegate authority: 

You can also find a dedicated page on our website here