Safeguarding

Promoting a Safer Church

At St Peter’s Church, we are committed to the safeguarding, care and wellbeing of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As a church, we recognise that not all harmful or abusive behaviour is obvious. Sometimes actions or patterns of behaviour that are difficult to describe can still cause hurt or distress. We encourage anyone with concerns about behaviour that feels inappropriate, unkind, controlling, or harmful to speak to us in confidence.

A copy of the Parish Safeguarding Statement can be found by clicking this link.
You can also find further safeguarding information on the diocesan website: Click here
All PCC members, Sunday School leaders and church staff are DBS checked.

If you have any safeguarding concerns relating to the parish, please contact the Vicar or one of the Parish Safeguarding Leads using the details below.

If a child or adult is in immediate danger of serious harm, call 999 immediately.

Parish Safeguarding Leads

Margaret Littlejohn
Parish Safeguarding Lead
01788 522462.

Revd Ian Sweeney
reviandavidsweeney@gmail.com

Diocesan Safeguarding Contacts

The Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (Sarah Price) can be contacted on:

Phone: 024 7652 1345
Email: safeguarding@covcofe.org

Cathedral and Diocesan Offices
1 Hill Top
Coventry
CV1 5AB

The Diocesan Office is open Monday to Friday, 9.00am–5.00pm.
There is also an out-of-hours safeguarding helpline available on:
0303 003 1111

This helpline is operated by Thirtyone:eight, an independent safeguarding organisation. They can provide professional safeguarding advice and will forward messages to the Diocesan Safeguarding Team, who will respond when the office reopens.

Children’s Services and Social Care Contacts

For concerns about the safeguarding of children, contact MASH:
Phone: 01926 414144
Email: mash@warwickshire.gov.uk

Local Social Care Teams

Coventry – 024 7683 2222
Solihull – 0121 605 6060
Warwickshire – 01926 886922

National Helplines

NSPCC – 0808 800 5000
Childline – 0800 1111
Stop It Now – 0808 1000 900
NAPAC – 0808 801 0331
Samaritans – 116 123
Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
National Domestic Violence Helpline – 0808 2000 247
Action on Elder Abuse – 0808 808 8141

12/05/2026

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