Safeguarding

Woodlands Church Family is committed to keeping children and young people safe.

We recognise that our work with children and young people is the responsibility of the whole church and we encourage all of our members, volunteers and staff to be vigilant at all times. It is the responsibility of each of us to protect and safeguard the welfare of children and young people entrusted to the church’s care and to respond to all safeguarding concerns in a robust and timely manner.

The Trustees and Eldership have the spiritual oversight of the church and have the responsibility to ensure that:

  1. Children’s workers are given appropriate support and training in developing safe, caring practices in their work with children.

  2. There is a system in place for dealing with all safeguarding concerns.

  3. We aim to maintain good links with statutory child care authorities and other supporting agencies.

As part of the Woodlands Church Family, we have a safeguarding policy, which can be requested by emailing our Safeguarding Lead.

SAFEGUARDING ISSUES & CONCERNS

If you have a safeguarding concern, please fill in our online Safeguarding Concern Form using the button below.

Alternatively, you can email our Safeguarding Leads directly using the email links below.

If it is an emergency situation or immediate issue, please call 999.

You can also contact First Response Bristol team on 0117 903 6444 for advice.

If you would like to raise a potential complaint, concern or give us feedback, please fill in our online Concern Form which will be forwarded to the responsible lead person.

Woodlands Church, Belgrave Road, Bristol BS8 2AA