Promoting a safer church
The care and protection of children, young people and adults involved in Church activities is the responsibility of everyone who participates in the life of the Church. If you are concerned that someone you know is at risk of, or is being abused, or presents a risk to others, please seek advice from our Safeguarding Office Gay Butler by calling 07799 063404 or by emailing safeguarding@busheyparish.org, or if necessary report the matter to the Local Authority Social Care Services or the Police without delay.
Bushey Parish Safeguarding Policy
Please click on the buttons below for our Parish Safeguarding policy, and for policies adopted by the PCC on specific safegurading issues.
Visibility during livestreamed services
As we will shortly be returning to in-person worship in our Bushey churches, I wanted to inform you that we will continue to live-stream services for some time to come, and for some services, for the foreseeable future. This gives rise to the possibility that people attending church will be ‘seen’ on camera and therefore online. We do use fixed camera shots, directed mostly to show only the priest, deacon, readers and intercessors. We don’t deliberately include the congregation in our camera shots. However we wanted to alert you to this possibility, particularly if you are seated towards the front of the church in St James’s.
There will be in, all three churches, large areas in which you cannot be seen by the camera.
So, if you have concern about your visibility, or that of your children on-line during worship, please let the sidespeople know, and we can arrange for you to be seated in a part of the church where you will certainly not be b picked up by the camera and seen on-line.
BBC2 documentary on Peter Ball’s abuse
On 13 January 2020, BBC 2 aired a harrowing report on Peter Ball’s abuse in the Church of England. Please read the below article for an update on our Safeguarding policies in the Parish.
C0 and C1 Online Safeguarding Training
Everybody in the Parish has a responsibility in making our church safe and welcoming for all. The diocese recommends that these short, easy to access, online courses are completed by every congregation member. Just click the link below to complete this free online course.
Please note, you will need to create a free account in order to access the training – follow the link and click ‘Create new account’. Once you have created an account, you can click on the ‘Online Courses’ box to complete the training.
Helplines
NSPCC: 0808 800 5000
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: 080 8808 8141
For more information about Safeguarding in The Parish of Bushey, please contact Safeguarding Officer Gay Butler
📞 07799 063404