Safeguarding at St Thomas’
St Thomas’ takes seriously the well being of every person in our church community and values each equally. We have a Safeguarding Officer and a Children’s Champion who can be contacted in church or as below. We have systems in place to respond to concerns of abuse whether sexual, financial, emotional of any other kind. We subscribe to the Church of England policy on Promoting Safer Church, which you can find here. If you would like to read our current policy it can be found here.
The Safeguarding Officer and Children’s Champion have their details below and in church and can be easily contacted, you can also contact the Vicar, Fr Julia, at revjuliap@msn.com or 07939043959. You can also contact the Diocesan Safeguarding team here and childline on 08001111 24 hours a day, or one of the other Helpline numbers below.
Your safety and security are very important to us.
Here are some key people:
SAFEGUARDING OFFICER
FADE SOLANKE-MITTERER
FADE.SM@GMAIL.COM
07840 563028
kirstenallen1@yahoo.co.uk
CHILDREN’S CHAMPION
KIRSTEN ALLEN
HELPLINES
Diocese of London Details: Helpline (9am to 5pm) on 020 7932 1224.
Out of hours: Thirtyone: eight helpline on 0303 003 1111, selecting option 2.
NSPCC: 0808 800 5000
Childline: 0800 1111
Stop it Now: 0808 1000 900
NAPAC: 0808 801 0331
Samaritans: 116 123
Family Lives: 0808 800 2222
National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Action On Elder Abuse: 080 8808 8141
Ealing Borough Social Services: (020) 8825 8000
or email sscallcentre@ealing.gov.uk (Ask Steve Purcell/Fade if correct)