Safeguarding Sunday
The Clewer Initiative
Safeguarding Sunday (16th November) is an annual awareness raising campaign for churches run by the charity Thirtyone:eight and coincides with the start of Safeguarding Adults Week (17–21 November).
Now in its seventh year, Safeguarding Sunday provides churches with a perfect opportunity to highlight and celebrate the good work that is being done behind the scenes to protect vulnerable people.
This year the theme of Safeguarding Sunday is ‘Action Speaks Louder’ and the hope is that churches will not just talk about safeguarding but take positive action towards creating safer places.
Last year, more than 5,000 churches across the UK, from a variety of backgrounds and traditions took part.
Churches reported that as a result of Safeguarding Sunday, they saw:
• greater positive awareness and understanding of safeguarding among church members
• an increase in the number of people feeling able to talk about their abuse for the first time
• more volunteers coming forward for safeguarding roles and to help with children’s and youth work
• an increased number of people completing safeguarding training and criminal record checks
• a greater number of Safeguarding Leads feeling supported in their role by the church.
Modern Slavery & Safeguarding
Equipping Parish Safeguarding Officers (PSO) to learn more about modern slavery and championing the importance of having good safeguarding policies in place in the fight against exploitation are key priorities for The Clewer Initiative. Over the last few years, we have delivered training to dozens of PSOs and created a raft of bespoke resources.
In the past, we have run training on the following subjects:
- Refugees, safeguarding and modern slavery
- Safeguarding and modern slavery for diocesan safeguarding teams
- Safeguarding and modern slavery for project leads
- Safeguarding and modern slavery for food banks
- County lines training for diocesan safeguarding teams
- Safeguarding and modern slavery for parish safeguarding officers
We have also run Forums for Parish Safeguarding Officers who have attended our Modern Slavery and Safeguarding Training. At these online forums, we discuss an area of modern slavery and safeguarding, share good practice and meet with other PSOs.
If you'd be interested in finding out more about our safeguarding training, drop us an email at info@clewer.org.uk
