Key Statutory Guidance relating to Children and Adults at Risk
Children - Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026
Adults at Risk - Care and Support Statutory Guidance (Health and Care Act 2022)
National Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
CSSA (Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency) ensure that the Church’s policies on safeguarding are kept up to date with good practice and are accessible to people at all levels in the Church
Our Parishes are accountable to their dioceses and must also abide by their diocese safeguarding policies and procedures
This includes guidance for:
- How to respond to allegations of abuse
- Good practice when working with children and adults at risk
- Safer Recruitment
Other Resources and Links
- North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children’s partnership
- North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Board
- CSSA - Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency
- Cumberledge Report
- Nolan Report
- Church Child Protection Advisory Service
- DBS - Disclosure and Barring Service
- IICSA - Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
- NAPAC - The National Association for People Abused in Childhood
- The Survivors Trust
- NSPCC - National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
- Podcast: NSPCC Helpline’s Domestic Abuse Practice Advisors
- Barnardo's
- The Children's Society
- Action on Elder Abuse
- Shelter provides free confidential information, support and legal advice on all housing and homelessness issues.
- Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline, run by Refuge - 0808 200 0247
- Men’s Advice Line - 0808 801 0327
- Rape Crisis (England and Wales) - 0808 802 9999
- Respect phone-line - 0808 802 4040
- Galop (for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people) - 0800 999 5428
- Karma Nirvana runs a national honour-based abuse helpline - 0800 5999 247 - support@karmanirvana.org.uk
- SignHealth provides domestic abuse service support for deaf people in British Sign Language (BSL). - 020 3947 2601 - da@signhealth.org.uk
- Sexual Assault Referral Centres provide advice and support services to victims and survivors of sexual assault or abuse.
- NCVO - National Centre for Voluntary Organisations
- Ann Craft Trust
- First Light (Safe Spaces) - Have you experienced church-related abuse?
- MACSAS (Ministry and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors)
Are our links up to date and working?
Throughout our section, you will find links to external websites. Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly and ensure these links are accurate, up to date, and relevant. However, the Safeguarding Department cannot take responsibility for pages maintained by external providers.
If you come across any external links that do not work, we would be grateful if you could report them to safeguarding@ampleforthabbey.org.uk
