Courses, Events & Resources

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    Course
    180 mins

    Safeguarding Leadership Pathway 7th and 14th December

    7 December 2026 14:00 – 15:30

    This zoom course is the 3rd level of the Safeguarding Core Pathway and is designed for those individuals who play a lead role in shaping the culture of the church body concerned. 

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    Link
    60 mins

    Safer Recruitment And People Management Online Training

    Link page to the National Safeguarding Training portal for Safer Recruitment And People Management Training.

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    Link
    60 mins

    Raising Awareness of Domestic Abuse Online Training

    Link page to the National Safeguarding Training portal for Raising Awareness of Domestic Abuse training.

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    It’s Not Just Policy, It’s Personal

    A set of useful recourses about how to respond to a concern and the common barriers or questions to reporting. 

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    Policy Template: Recruitment of Ex Offenders

    The Safeguarding Team has produced a new up to date policy template for The Recruitment of Ex-offenders.

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    DBS: Manual ID Checking Guide

    This is a quick guide for DBS administrators/recruiters for manual ID checking. This guide explains what is required for a manual ID check and gives suggestions for the documentation needed to carry out an ID check.

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    Safe Spaces Resources

    Safe Spaces has provided a poster and leaflets to help increase awareness of the Safe Spaces service and ensure that people know where they can access support should they need it.

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    Role Descriptions for Parish Roles

    The Diocese has produced some role description templates for some of the common parish roles.

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    Course
    210 mins

    Suicide Prevention Awareness In Person Course

    2 December 2026 13:00 – 16:30

    This in-person half day course will be delivered by StartTheConversation.uk to equip you with 10 practical tools and inspire confidence to have a potentially life-saving conversation.

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    Video
    20 mins

    PSO Drop In video July 2026

    The Safeguarding Team host an online PSO/CSO Drop-In session once a month to discuss safeguarding in the Diocese. The July 2026 PSO drop in covered dementia awareness.

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    Safeguarding DBS checks for PCC Members

    Due to the recent change in advise for DBS checks for PCC members, we have produced a document which explains the reason for this requirement and provides useful links.

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    The Update Service: Completing a Status Check

    This page shows you how to complete a status check for a volunteer who has subscribed to the update service and how you can record this status check on Hubs.