SAFEGUARDING

What is Safeguarding?

We aim to be a church where everyone feels safe and taken care of. “Safeguarding” means looking
after each other, it is the responsibility of everyone in the church community and we take it
extremely seriously. We have a friendly and dedicated team of safeguarding officers and champions
for children, young people, vulnerable adults and people with disabilities.

This page tells you who to contact if you have a safeguarding concern and the processes we follow.
You will also find a list of all our safeguarding policies should you want to find out more.

If you have a concern the first person to contact is the Parish Safeguarding Officer(PSO) Gill Gooding, if your
concern is about the PSO or a paid member of staff please contact Reverend Helen Calner (from 22nd July 2025 onwards). If your concern is about Rev's Helen or a member of the clergy then please contact Caryn Weber, the Diocesan
Safeguarding Advisor. All these contact details are below.

Policies

Our Church is committed to the safer recruitment of both volunteers and paid workers, including the use of the Disclosure and Barring Service where appropriate, in accordance with the House of Bishops’ Safeguarding Policy and Practice Guidance.

Safeguarding Policy

Ex-offerders Policy

Social Media Policy

Contacts

The care and protection of children, young people and vulnerable adults involved in church activities is the responsibility of the whole church community. Everyone should feel able to challenge or come forward if something appears to be wrong. Anyone who has a concern should report it by contacting one of our designated Safeguarding Officers or speaking to the Churchwarden.

Church Child Safeguarding Officer

Gill Gooding

Mobile: 07743 708379

Email: staugustine.whitton.safeguarding@hotmail.com

Children’s Champion

Sian Cadogan
Email: staugustine.whitton.@hotmail.com

Vulnerable Adults Officer

Connie Chingwaru
Email: staugustine.whitton.@hotmail.com

If you prefer to talk to someone outside of the church:

London Diocesan Safeguarding Team (can be contacted during office hours, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm)
- Email: safeguarding@london.anglican.org
- Telephone: 020 7932 1224

The Kensington Area Safeguarding Advisor is Caryn Weber
- Email: caryn.weber@london.anglican.org
- Telepone: 020 3837 5086

Local Authority Designated Officer (via the Single Point of Access):
- 020 8547 5008 (evenings and weekends please call 020 8770 5000)