{"id":273,"date":"2019-09-29T20:52:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T20:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=273"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:39:14","slug":"safeguarding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=273","title":{"rendered":"Safeguarding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The church takes the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults very seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">The post of church safeguarding officer is shared by a team: Deacon Sharon, Mary and Margaret.<br>Margaret is the contact for safeguarding concerns <br>South Wigston Methodist Church's Safeguarding Policy can also be downloaded, and there is further information in the Methodist Church safeguarding policy, procedures and guidance.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.methodist.org.uk\/safeguarding\/\">The Methodist Church safeguarding information.<\/a><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Policy-2025-signed.pdf\">SWMC safeguarding policy<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-Safeguarding-Policy-Document.pdf\"><\/a> updated October 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Safeguarding_Leaflet_SWMC_Oct25.pdf\">SWMC safeguarding leaflet<\/a> updated October 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Lone-worker-policy-signed.pdf\">SWMC lone working policy <\/a>updated October 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/safeguarding_policy_and_procedures_for_the_methodist_church_in-britain_july_2023.pdf\">Methodist Church Safeguarding Policy, Procedures &amp; Guidance<\/a> July 2023 (correct Sept 25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/domestic_abuse_policy_and_procedures_2021_final.pdf\">Methodist Church Domestic Abuse: policies and procedures<\/a> 2021 edition (correct Sept 25)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/appendix-1-anti-bullying_policy-july-2023.pdf\">Methodist Church anti-bullying policy   <\/a>July 2023 (correct Sept 24)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The church takes the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults very seriously. The post of church safeguarding officer is shared by a team: Deacon Sharon, Mary and Margaret.Margaret is the contact for safeguarding concerns South Wigston Methodist Church&#8217;s Safeguarding Policy can also be downloaded, and there is further information in the Methodist Church safeguarding policy, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/?page_id=273\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Safeguarding&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-273","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1587,"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/273\/revisions\/1587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/swmchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}