Safeguarding

Safeguarding is a priority for us
at St Mary's

We are committed to following government and Church of England guidelines on the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and good working practice, including safer recruitment of volunteers and paid workers. If you have any safeguarding concerns please speak to our
Parish Safeguarding Officer - Helen Hunter
She can be contacted by email at:
safeguarding@stmaryswatford.org

You can also speak to one of our Churchwardens by emailing in the first instance:
eileen.roby@stmaryswatford.org or
marcus.jones@stmaryswatford.org

The Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser is Jeremy Hirst and he can be contacted by email at 
safeguarding@stalbans.anglican.org or
by telephone on 01727 818107 or 07867 350886

For more details see our safeguarding policy here.

Two very useful links:

More information on the Church of England’s National Safeguarding can be found here: www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding

More information about Safeguarding in the Diocese of St. Albans can be found here: https://www.stalbans.anglican.org/diocese/safeguarding

With online church in operation, our current Video Conferencing Policy can be found here

Also, our Safer Use of Images Policy here

And our Domestic Abuse Policy here