At St Swithun's the Vicar and the Parochial Church Council take the safety and wellbeing of all of our visitors and regular members most seriously. We have a Parish Safeguarding Policy which you can read if you follow the link below:
2018 Safeguarding_Policy_Statement.pdf
Our Safeguarding Officer is Mrs Anne Ivorson and the Deputy Officer is Mrs Jenny Peters. Please contact either of them if you have any concerns about safeguarding. You may also contact the Vicar, The Revd Andrew Hawken either by telephone or email:
Telephone: 01342 323307 and Email: vicareg16@gmail.com
Click on the link below to find out how to contact a member of the Diocesan Safeguarding Team of specialists.
https://safeguarding.chichester.anglican.org/contacttheteam/
You may prefer to contact someone outside the Church to discuss a safeguarding matter. Click on the link below and this will take you to the Diocese of Chichester Safeguarding Website/ Other useful Linkswhere you will find a comprehensive list of other agencies who are there to help you on all matters to do with the safeguarding of children and adults.
https://safeguarding.chichester.anglican.org/links/
Andrew Hawken, Vicar March 2019
