Safeguarding
Safeguarding at St Margaret's Church
Promoting a Safer Church
St Margaret’s Church takes the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults seriously.
A copy of the Parish Safeguarding statement can be found by clicking on this link.
Here is a link to the safeguarding section of the diocesan website: Click here
All PCC members, Sunday School leaders and staff are DBS checked.
If you have any concerns about safeguarding in the parish then contact the Rector or the Parish Safeguarding Officer. Details below.
Call 999 if a child or adult is in immediate danger of significant or serious harm
Lyndsey Edmonds
Parish Safeguarding Officer
07763804330
pcc.safeguarding@gmail.com
ben.stmargc@gmail.com
Other links
The Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (Sarah Price) can be contacted on:
Phone number: 024 7652 1345
Email: safeguarding@covcofe.org
Cathedral and Diocesan Offices
1 Hill Top
Coventry
CV1 5AB
The Diocesan Office is open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday.
There is also an out-of-hours safeguarding helpline on 0303 003 1111
This helpline is operated by an organisation called Thirtyone-eight. They will offer you professional safeguarding advice, and will also forward an email message to our Diocesan Safeguarding Team. One of the team will respond to this message when they are next in the office.
If you are advised by the helpline to immediately contact your local social care team, here are their out of hours number: 01926 412080
For concern about the Safeguarding of Children contact MASH on 01926 414144 or mash@warwickshire.gov.uk
Out of hours – if you need to get in touch out of usual office hours, please contact the Emergency Duty Team immediately on 01926 886922.
Our Archdeacon Pastor, Sue Field, can also be contacted out of office hours on 07885 714829
Phone numbers of local social care teams:
Coventry – 024 7683 2222
Solihull – 0121 605 6060
Warwickshire – 01926 886 922
National helplines:
NSPCC – 0808 800 5000
Childline – 0800 1111
Stop it Now – 0808 1000 900
NAPAC – 0808 801 0331
Samaritans – 116 123
Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
National Domestic Violence Helpline – 0808 2000 247
Action on Elder Abuse – 0808 808 8141