‘It’s Not Just Policy, It’s Personal’ is a campaign to raise awareness of how to recognise and report safeguarding concerns. The campaign will run from 1st June – 14th June 2026 and is focussed on building confidence in responding and taking appropriate action.
Two key recommendations from the Makin Report, published in 2024, focused on how the Church can have confidence that abuse, both current and non-recent, is being reported. The Church of England has given careful consideration to how this could best be achieved, and are running a two-week pilot campaign to raise awareness of how to report safeguarding concerns.
Safeguarding guidance and codes of conduct are statutory and must always be followed, but this campaign reminds us that these are not simply processes to be followed. At the centre of every safeguarding concern is a person who has taken the difficult step of disclosing harm or risk. Creating a safe space for people to report, and how we respond to them, matters.
Campaign Resources
- It’s Not Just Policy, It’s Personal – main poster.
- Understanding how to respond to safeguarding concerns.
- What to do when safeguarding concerns arise – FAQs.
- Barriers to reporting safeguarding concerns.
You can also read more on the Church of England’s It’s Not Just Policy, It’s Personal campaign page.
If you have a safeguarding concern, please use the parish safeguarding contact details on our Safeguarding page and see the footer of every page on this website, contacting Teresa Law, our Parish Safeguarding Officer..