2024 Safeguarding Conferences
Our final Safeguarding Conference of the year was held on Saturday 16th November as part of Safeguarding Weekend.
The weekend began with a service to to reflect on safeguarding’s importance, remember survivors of abuse, and recommit to creating safe and welcoming communities. You can watch the service here.
Our first keynote speaker was The Revd Iain Bendry, Assistant Chaplain at St George's Lisbon, and Head of Children & Youth Ministry for the diocese. He spoke about how we can reach out to young people, aiming to double the number of children in our chaplaincies by 2030, and the role of Youth Workers.
Mabellyn Dennis, author of ‘Can You Hear Us’ was our second keynote speaker on the subject of "Listening to Children and Young People through Poems and Stories".
The Zoom recording is available here. The Passcode is Confer1124#.
A Zoom recording of the May 2024 conference is available here. The passcode is Europe5afe*.
CSO mentoring workshops
Thank you for carrying out this very important part in the Church’s ministry. It is appreciated that the role of a Chaplaincy Safeguarding Officer is not only challenging but can often feel isolated. This is especially true in our diocese with the additional problematic factors of distance, as well as different languages, cultures, and laws. This is the reason a team of experienced CSOs put together a series of workshops which aimed to help CSOs by covering some of the building blocks of your role.
Each workshop covered different topics, and were very informative and well received. You will find links below to watch the recordings on Zoom.
The Zoom recording of the first workshop is available by clicking this link. The passcode is Work5hop1*. (Please note the breakout rooms were not recorded, so when watching it you may like to fast forward from 10 to 26 minutes.)
The Zoom recording of the second workshop is available by clicking this link. The passcode is Work5hop2*.
The Zoom recording of the third workshop is available by clicking this link. The passcode is Work5hop3*.
Dates for future workshops will be announced shortly.
Previous conferences
A Zoom recording of the November 2023 conference is available here. The passcode is November23#.
The Zoom recording May 2023 conference is available on request to europe.safeguarding@churchofengland.org.
A Zoom recording of the November 2022 conference is available here. The access passcode is: Safeguarding2022#.
A Zoom recording of the May 2022 conference is available here. The access passcode is: 5afeguard1ng!.
9th March 2022 - Supporting Victims / Survivors and those impacted
A Zoom recording of the workshop is available here. The access passcode is: 5afeguard1ng*.
Lisa's PowerPoint presentation and notes are available on request to europe.safeguarding@churchofengland.org.