Safeguarding Weekend 2025 

The recording of our conference for Chaplaincy Safeguarding Officers is also available to watch on Zoom: Watch the CSO Conference on Zoom. The conference featured a presentation by Revd Canon Graeme Pringle, Director and Founder of Clearly Simpler Ltd, developer of the Parish Dashboard. Click on the link for more information about the Dashboard. 

Grace also shared information about the INEQE audit, scheduled for October 2027. INEQE Safeguarding Group was appointed by the Archbishops’ Council to carry out the next round of independent external audits of Church of England dioceses and cathedrals. The purpose of these audits is to make sure dioceses and cathedrals are doing all they can to create environments where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. For more information and to read the audit reports for those dioceses that have been audited, click on the link: INEQE Safeguarding Group Church of England.

CSO mentoring workshops

Thank you to Carolyn, Maxine and Celia for running this series of workshops, and thank you to the safeguarding officers who attended.

The first workshop looked at the responsibilities of the role, Confidential Declaration Forms, the Chaplaincy Roles Checklist and the CSO's relationship with the chaplaincy council. Watch the recording here.

Workshop two covered safeguarding checks. Watch the recording here.

Workshop three was about safeguarding concerns, making a record of a concern or a disclosure and making referrals to the Diocesan Safeguarding Team. Watch the recording here.