Serious incident reporting
The Church of England’s bespoke guidance on safeguarding Serious Incident Reporting. Find out more.
Whistleblowing & complaints
Our whistleblowing and complaints procedures. Where to come if you're not satisfied that a safeguarding issue has been dealt with appropriately. Find out more.
The Safeguarding Team are here to help you.
Please note there are seperate contact details for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisors, Training and DBS enquiries.
The Safeguarding Team operates a triage system and a duty team member will deal with all enquiries and issues that arise on a daily rotational basis. Queries will either be answered directly or diverted to the appropriate person.
As your first point of contact for reporting safeguarding issues or making safeguarding enquiries, please contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team on:
Team email: safeguarding@leeds.anglican.org
Office number: 0113 353 0257
DSAs remain available between 09.00 and 17.00, Monday to Friday. Advice on what action to take outside these hours can be found in the important information section above.
For DBS enquiries please note: Adelaide Foster DBS Administrator, remains responsible for DBS checks and enquiries. If you have a DBS enquiry that does not require the assistance of a Safeguarding Adviser please contact Adelaide on dbs@leeds.anglican.org
All Training Enquiries: For all training enquiries such as bookings, reflections and workbooks, please email safeguardingtraining@leeds.anglican.org and a member of the team will contact you as soon as possible.
What we do
As Safeguarding Advisers, the team:
- Ensure effective safeguarding arrangements are in place across the diocese;
- Act as a point of contact to assist with safeguarding concerns, including those where someone may appear to pose a risk to a church community;
- Offer practical advice on policies, procedures and practice guidance;
- Deliver safeguarding training in line with the national programme;
- Advise on safe recruitment and DBS issues where there are blemished disclosures.
Diocesan Safeguarding Team |
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Juliette Mclellan Head of Safeguarding |
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Jenny Leccardi Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser |
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Narinder Lyon Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser |
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Nikki Rose Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser |
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Sam McMorland Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser |
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Nicola Biasco Safeguarding Administrator |
If you have concerns for your mental state or you feel there is an immediate and serious danger to yourself or another person/child:
- call 999 immediately for an ambulance or the police
- or you can also call 111 when you need medical advice fast but it’s not a 999 emergency
National Safeguarding Team
Contact the National Team: The National Safeguarding Team (NST) is working to increase the capacity and expertise of parishes, diocese and other Church of England institutions to respond to safeguarding concerns and support victims and survivors. They are not able to offer either an emergency 24-hour response but there are Safeguarding Advisors in every diocese and Safeguarding Officers in every parish.
Please note : The Diocesan Safeguarding Team has a secure electronic system for retaining any safeguarding information we receive. Access to the information is restricted to those in the team who are working on the concern and complies to our privacy commitment under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). We may, on occasions, share this information with statutory organisations in order to comply with our obligations under national legislation. Where it is necessary for the safeguarding of children or vulnerable adults, we will share information with others involved in safeguarding within the church but we will inform you of our intention to do so. Further information can be obtained from the Safeguarding team upon request.