Creating safe spaces for exploring faith in Jesus.
At Scripture Union, keeping children safe is of paramount importance, and the need to provide adequate care for children and young people is at the forefront of any event planning.
Safeguarding Policy
Our Safeguarding Policy is the key document that sets out our legal responsibilities and how we will fulfil them. It also lays out the procedures we will follow.
Useful resources
We take safeguarding seriously and want to help you (as parents, guardians, children and youth workers) as you help the children and young people you know, to better understand what safeguarding means for them. Here are some resources created by both Scripture Union and other organisations that you may find useful.
Please note that we take no responsibility for the content of external sites, so please do check content before showing to children.
Got a concern?
At Scripture Union we encourage and welcome anyone to raise a concern including our staff, volunteers, partners, the people, churches and communities we work with, our supporters as well as members of the public.
You can do this by contacting our Safeguarding Manager, Chloe Shivraj by emailing [email protected] or calling her on 01908 856044.
Useful contacts
Sometimes we need a bit more help and there are a number of specialist organisations out there who can offer just that.
- Thirtyone:eight (T: 0303 003 1111)
- Childline (T: 0800 1111)
- National Whistleblowing Advice Line (T: 0800 028 0285)
Help us keep children and young people safe
The Safeguarding Advisory Group, is a group of people with professional and voluntary knowledge and experience of safeguarding, who create a sound board for the safeguarding team working in Scripture Union England and Wales. With a range of skills, backgrounds and experience, our Safeguarding Advisory Group members, commit to meeting twice a year and responding to safeguarding concerns as they occur.
We are so thankful for our members as they offer up their time and expertise to help us keep the children and young people we connect with safe.
If you'd like to apply to join the Safeguarding Advisory Group you can click on the link below to view current vacancies or if there are no current vacancies, contact our Safeguarding Manager, Chloe Shivraj, [email protected] to discuss further.
Independent Review
You can read our statements and updates on the Independent Case Review (John Smyth) here.