Safeguarding Advice

The WDCRA policy may be downloaded from the link below. For your convenience, the 'Permission to Attend Event' and 'Permission to Ring' forms contained in the 10 page policy document are available separately as single page documents.

Safeguarding Policy (Ver 3 Feb 2022) 10 Pages
Permission to Attend Event Form Single Page
Permission to Ring Form Single Page

Please print this off and complete the relevant contacts for your tower and display this in your ringing room.

Tower Safeguarding Notice blank copy for localisation.

Safeguarding is all our responsibility and it is important that Tower Captains and Training officers keep up to date with their safeguarding training. It is also good practice and recommended that all bell ringers complete Basic Awareness training. Refresher training should be completed at least every 3 years.

The training required for bell ringers must be Parish led but in general, recommendation from CofE is:

• Bell ringers - Basic Awareness
• Tower Captains, Training Officers, Branch Masters and other similar roles - Basic Awareness, plus Foundation
• The Leadership course would usually only be relevant for a leader of Cathedral ringing or highly active Church tower with many young or vulnerable adult ringers.

C of E Basic and Foundation Safeguarding training is available as an e-learning package and can be completed on line using this link: https://safeguardingtraining.cofeportal.org/

It is straightforward, users need to create an account, log in and can then complete the courses, a certificate is provided at the end. During registration you will be asked to enter some personal information such as your name, the diocese and parish you belong to and your role within your church community.

The link below is for a presentation delivered by Dave Bassford and Ann White on Wednesday 4 November 2020, organised jointly by the St Martin's Guild and the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers.

Dave and Ann discuss DBS checks, training, responsibilities, dealing with incidents or concerns, and general Do's and Do Not's !

https://www.stmartinsguild.org/teaching/training-and-resources/safeguarding-in-ringing/