Safeguarding

We are committed to preventing, identifying and responding to the abuse and neglect of children, young people and adults and we take all concerns seriously.

If you see, hear, witness, suspect or are told directly that a child, young person or adult has been harmed or neglected, is being harmed or neglected, is at risk of harm or if you are concerned that an individual presents a risk of harm you should contact the Police on 999. 
    
If your concern is in relation to The Salvation Army contact should then also be made with The Salvation Army Safeguarding Department:  

The Salvation Army Safeguarding Department
020 7367 4767
safeguarding@salvationarmy.org.uk

All other safeguarding concerns relating to The Salvation Army should be referred to The Salvation Army Safeguarding Department. Following this contact with the Police, Statutory and Regulatory Authorities may be made.

We are committed to protecting children by:

• Ensuring that the child’s welfare is and always will be the paramount consideration as everyone has a right to be protected from abuse and neglect
• Providing a safe environment with leaders that adhere to good safeguarding practice
• Empowering children to ‘have a voice’ by actively encouraging them to think about how to keep themselves safe and how to protect themselves and their peers from harmful or inappropriate behaviour shown by adults or other children
• Offering informed pastoral care to those affected by abuse
• Ensuring that children and parents/carers are informed of The Salvation Army policy and procedures as appropriate
• Taking all allegations of abuse seriously and responding without delay by reporting to the police or statutory authorities as required.

Other safeguarding organisations:

NSPCC
(National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children)    
0808 800 5000
www.nspcc.org.uk 

ChildLine    
0800 11 11  
www.childline.org.uk

We are committed to protecting adults by:

• Providing a safe environment which promotes emotional well-being and where protection from abuse is of vital importance
• Empowering adults to ‘have a voice’, to have access to information and to support them in their decisions
• Offering informed pastoral care to those affected by abuse
• Challenging the abuse of power and position
• Taking all allegations of abuse seriously, responding without delay and reporting to the police or statutory authorities as required.

Other safeguarding organisations:

Action on Elder Abuse    
0808 808 8141    
www.elderabuse.org.uk 

Age UK
0800 169 2081
www.ageuk.org.uk

The Silver Line    
0800 470 8090    
www.thesilverline.org.uk