Safeguarding – Let’s talk about it

Thirtyone:eight, the UK's leading independent Christian safeguarding charity, has launched its annual safeguarding awareness campaign for churches – Safeguarding Sunday.

Safeguarding Sunday is on November 17th. This year the emphasis of the campaign is Let’s Talk About It – encouraging churches to be more transparent about its safeguarding practices.

https://thirtyoneeight.org/blogs/safeguarding-sunday-2024/

The campaign is now in its sixth year and last year saw over 4000 churches from diverse backgrounds and traditions across the UK coming together to consider their safeguarding journey.

Churches will reflect, and talk about, where they may have got things wrong in the past, think about how they are supporting those who have been hurt or harmed, and highlight and celebrate all the good work that is being done behind the scenes to protect vulnerable people and create safer cultures and communities for all both now and in the future.

Both the charity itself and the Church in Wales has produced various resources to help churches get involved and can be downloaded from their respective websites.