• Promoting a Safer Church - Safeguarding Policy Statement
• What to do if…

• Coventry Diocesan Board of Finance (CDBF) Safeguarding Privacy Notice

The two main documents are:

• Safer recruitment of volunteers and paid staff
• DBS checks for volunteers and paid staff

The above documents make reference to the following resources:

• Policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders
• Model role description for a volunteer
• Application form for a volunteer
• Confidential Declaration Form - updated April 2020
• Reference request for a volunteer
• Face-to-face questions to ask a volunteer
• Letter of appointment to a volunteer

• Parish Dashboards
• Parish Safeguarding Handbook
• Safeguarding information on parish websites
• Safeguarding roles within a parish
• Safeguarding poster (A3)
• Safeguarding poster (A4)
• Childline poster
• Health and safety checklist for children's activities
• Responding to a safeguarding concern or allegation - Model procedure for PCC
• Recording Allegations of Abuse or Concern
• Stop it Now! Website

Other resources will be added to this section in response to requests from parishes.
Please sent any requests to the safeguarding team safeguarding@covcofe.org 

• Responding to disclosures, allegations or concerns in your church
• Personal risk assessment tool
• Activities risk assessment template

Resources will be added to this section in response to requests from parishes.
Please sent any requests to the safeguarding team safeguarding@covcofe.org  

Please click here for information about how to respond to safeguarding concerns or allegations.

• The arrangements for parish safeguarding audits
• Concerns about an individual

• Fact sheet: Types of Abuse - 2018
• Key Roles and Responsibilities of Church Office Holders and Bodies - 2017
• Responding to Assessing and Managing Safeguarding Concerns or Allegations against Church Officers - 2017
• Responding Well to Domestic Abuse - 2017
• Glossary Reference Document - 2017
• The Gospel, Sexual Abuse and the Church - 2016
• Safeguarding and Clergy Discipline Measure - 2016
• Amending Canon 34 - 2016
• Safer Recruitment - 2016
• Safeguarding in Religious Communities - 2015
• Safeguarding Guidance for LEP’s - 2015
• Responding Well (to those who have been sexually abused) - 2011
• Protecting All God’s Children (4th Edition) - 2010
• Promoting a Safe Church (safeguarding adults) - 2006
• Practice Guidance: Safeguarding Training and Development September 2019

• Diocesan Accountability and Responsibilities for Safeguarding

• Conclusions and responses 
• Full report
• Action plan