Safeguarding

Safeguarding is a priority for us
at St Mary's

We are committed to following government and Church of England guidelines on the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and good working practice, including safer recruitment of volunteers and paid workers. If you have any safeguarding concerns please speak to our Parish Safeguarding Officer - Lesley Gray. She can be contacted by email at stmaryssafeguarding10@gmail.com

You can also speak to one of our Churchwardens by emailing in the first instance: eileen.roby@stmaryswatford.org or marcus.jones@stmaryswatford.org

The Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser is Jeremy Hirst and he can be contacted by email at safeguarding@stalbans.anglican.org or by telephone on 01727 818107 or 07867 350886.

For more details see our safeguarding policy here.

Two very useful links:

More information on the Church of England’s National Safeguarding can be found here: www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding

More information about Safeguarding in the Diocese of St. Albans can be found here: https://www.stalbans.anglican.org/diocese/safeguarding

With online church in operation, our current Video Conferencing Policy can be found here

Also, our Safer Use of Images Policy here

And our Domestic Abuse Policy here