Safeguarding Children Committee
Child Protection
The Diocesan Advisor for Child Protection is Revd Jean Skinner
Contact details: 0191 2363474 email: revjeanskinner@yahoo.com
Newcastle Diocese is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of the children within our church community.
It is our responsibility to offer children the best care and nurture we can provide, and also to offer our workers and volunteers the best structures within which to serve the church, however Safeguarding is everyone’s Responsibility. It is important to emphasise that we all share responsibility for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All members of the community can help to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, if they are mindful of children’s needs and are willing and able to act if they have concerns about a child’s welfare. (Working Together 2006)
“Anyone who welcomes a little child on my behalf is welcoming me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who trusts in me to lose faith, it would be better for that person to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck.” (Matthew Chapter 18 vv 5 and 6)
“The Child’s Welfare is paramount” (1989 Children Act)
(Click on the links below to download a pdf version of the 'Child Protection Guidelines')
For the latest information about the Vetting and Barring Scheme, click here.