Safeguarding Policy
St Mary's Church takes its duty and obligation to protect all extremely seriously. We have adopted the national Church of England's robust procedures and guidelines. You can find out more about the national policies and procedures at www.churchofengland.org
If you have any safeguarding concerns or issues of a safeguarding matter then you can find useful contact information at www.chester.anglican.org
We follow the policies adopted by the Church of England and Diocese of Chester. These are detailed in the Safeguarding Handbook you can see below.
Contacts
Should you have any concerns, please contact in the first instance:
Rev Rachel Pendleton our Parish Safeguarding Officer:
Email: safeguarding.smcsandbach@gmail.com
Telephone: 07395498270
or the Diocesan Safeguarding Officer, Pauline Butterfield:
Email: pauline.butterfield@chester.anglican.org
Telephone: 01928-718834 Ext 221.