Click here to access your Parish Dashboard and Hub

(both tools are available from the same website)

• Every parish in the Diocese of Newcastle is required to use the Safeguarding Parish Dashboard to track their safeguarding practice.
• The Safeguarding Hub is not mandated in the same way as the Dashboard, but we highly recommend the use of both systems together, to help keep your safeguarding activity within one place as far as possible.
• Please note that, in order to have access to this system, your parish will need to formally invite you through an email notification, in order to set up an account.
• If a parish requires support with getting someone set up, please contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team on safeguarding@newcastle.anglican.org – our team can offer one-to-one introductory sessions to anyone using this platform, either in person or online.

Safeguarding Parish Dashboard

The Parish Safeguarding Dashboard is a simple to use, online tool that helps you keep track of safeguarding in your church and keeps you up-to-date with local and national changes in safeguarding requirements. The system was developed by Clearly Simpler Limited for use throughout the Church of England.

Watch a video or download a brochure to quickly discover the benefits for Clergy, Parish Safeguarding Officers and PCCs.

• Every Parish in the Diocese of Newcastle is required to use the Safeguarding Parish Dashboard to track their safeguarding practice.
• Safeguarding Parish Dashboards should be regularly updated, and should not fall below 80% progress without prior discussion with the Diocesan Safeguarding Team regarding any issues. 

How do I get set up on my Parish Dashboard?

‘Owners’ of your Parish Dashboard (usually your Clergy Incumbent and Parish Safeguarding Officer) have the power to invite new users to their Dashboard. Users can be invited either as an ‘owner’ (full editing rights) or as a ‘viewer’ (without editing rights).

If a parish requires assistance to invite a new user to their Dashboard, or change their access, contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team on safeguarding@newcastle.anglican.org, who can help with account administration on this platform.

Who do I contact for any other queries?

• For general technical support, contact Clearly Simpler Limited
• To report a safeguarding concern or allegation:
  • Contact the Parish Safeguarding Officer at your local church
  • Or, contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team
  • Local Support Organisations and Services
  • National Helplines
  • If a child or adult is in immediate danger of significant or serious harm, remove yourself from any danger, then immediately call the emergency services on 999.

Resources for Parishes

• Recent Dashboard Updates – led by Clearly Simpler Limited
• Training Requirements – based on the Safeguarding Learning & Development Framework
• Worksheets (PCCs are welcome to use them if they are helpful, or to ignore them if they are not)
• Frequently Asked Questions

Model Documents

Responding to a safeguarding concern or allegation

Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Guidance

Guidance on genuine occupational requirements

Model Safeguarding Provision that can be attached to any Hire of Church Premises Agreement

Risk Assessment Examples

For examples of risk assessments which can be tailored to fit your parish, click here. 

Safeguarding Hub

Available from the same website as the Parish Dashboard, a Safeguarding Hub has a suite of tools that help a parish with the following:

• To keep track of DBS checks and safeguarding training.
• To create role descriptions and person specifications.
• To track the safer recruitment of new volunteers.

Download a brochure which gives an overview of all the features available.

If a parish is struggling to invite a user to their Hub, or change their access, contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team on safeguarding@newcastle.anglican.org, who can help with account administration on this platform.

Help and Tutorials

Clearly Simpler Limited provide tutorials that help introduce each of the tools available within your Safeguarding Hub. Click here to access them.

They also have a dedicated help website which includes specific information for parishes:

• Recent Hub Updates – led by Clearly Simpler Limited
• Guides to Hub Features
• Guide to GDPR Requirements and how it applies to your Hub
• Information on the Service Agreement between Clearly Simpler Limited and PCCs, regarding the provision and use of a Safeguarding Hub
• Data Sharing, and how PCCs can enable or disable the sharing of personal data with other people, the Diocese, or other systems

A page showing Frequently Asked Questions, including a way to contact Clearly Simpler Limited directly, is also available.

DBS Checks through the Safeguarding Hub

Click here to learn more about a feature that will allow your parish to submit DBS requests to our current DBS provider, Thirtyone:eight, directly from the Safeguarding Hub.