Our 24 year partnership with Thirtyone:eight provides us with safeguarding professionals who understand the context of our event and therefore the short window of opportunity we have to address safeguarding situations before our event comes to a close. Partnering with Thirtyone:eight equips us to help those most at risk of harm to find positive transformation in their lives.
Phil Loose, Spring Harvest
Equip society
We equip society with knowledge and skills to create safe environments for children and adults at risk, by sharing information and training others through our membership, training and consultancy services.
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Empower society
We empower society to respond to people who are vulnerable or who have experienced abuse. Our expert safeguarding helpline is open seven days a week, with emergency out-of-hours support.
Safeguarding Helpline callers
Encourage society
We empower society to stand against oppression and exploitation by developing legislation and to strive to raise the standards in safeguarding practice. We do this through direct Government engagement, research, and campaigns.
Government consultations engaged with 2024/25:
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Department of Education (through the Association for Child Protection Professionals) about the Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance (2023).
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Worked with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson on her Private Members Bill on Mandatory Reporting (which led to Thirtyone:eight being mentioned in the House of Lords).
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IICSA recommendations
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The Crime and Policing Bill
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Concluded fieldwork for a research study looking at working relationships between faith groups and statutory partners with the University of Chester as part of an Arts & Humanities Research Council funded program being led by the University of Kent
Our manifesto setting out the key opportunities for Government to improve policy, legislation and guidance to offer greater protection for all children and adults living in the UK.
The Manifesto aims to:
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Strengthen the safeguards that are already in place
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Better protect victims and survivors of abuse
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Create safer environments for all.
We are calling on the UK government and the devolved administrations, to align safeguarding legislation as far as possible across the four nations so that wherever people live in the UK, they can experience the same level of protection from harm and abuse.
Safeguarding Sunday
Safeguarding Sunday is our annual safeguarding awareness campaign for churches. Now in its seventh year with over 5,400 churches of different backgrounds taking part, it aims to:
- Encourage churches to reflect and talk about where they may have got things wrong in the past
- Think about how they are supporting those who have been hurt or harmed
- Support and acknowledge all the good work that is being done behind the scenes to protect vulnerable people and create safer cultures and communities for all both now and in the future.
Churches who take part in Safeguarding Sunday see:
- Greater positive awareness and understanding of safeguarding among church members.
- Increased numbers of people feeling able to talk about their abuse for the first time.
- More volunteers coming forward for safeguarding roles and to help with children’s/youth work.
- Increased number of people completing safeguarding training and criminal record checks.
- And the number of Safeguarding Leads feeling supported in their role by the church is bigger!
It empowered whole congregation to speak up about safeguarding
Safeguarding Sunday 2025 participant
