Reporting Safeguarding Concerns: If you have information of a safeguarding nature where the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult at risk is in immediate danger or requires immediate medical attention call emergency services on 999.
If you wish to report any safeguarding concerns within the church, past or present, please email us on: safeguarding@rcdow.org.uk
The Safeguarding Service can be contacted Monday to Friday 9am-5pm by phoning 020 7798 9352 and choose from the option below:
- Option 1 – To report safeguarding concerns within the church, past or present, E: safeguarding@rcdow.org.uk
- Option 2 – For safer recruitment & DBS queries, E: dbsadmin@rcdow.org.uk
- Option 3 – For PSR support and safer environment queries, E: safeguardingsupport@rcdow.org.uk
- Option 4 – For in person/online training and all other queries, E: safeguardingadmin@rcdow.org.uk
- To submit safer recruitment forms for DBS applications: dbssubmissions@safeguardrcdow.org.uk
The Safeguarding Service is managed by:
- Head of Safeguarding for the Diocese: Catherine Edginton: catherineedginton@rcdow.org.uk
- Deputy Head of Safeguarding for the Diocese: Monawara Bakht: monawarabakht@rcdow.org.uk
The Safeguarding Team:
- Safeguarding Officer: Eithne Atterbury
- Safeguarding Officer: Emily Nurcombe
- Parish Support & Safer Recruitment Manager: Jane Morgan
- DBS Administrator: Johanna Ashley (Working days Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday)
- DBS Administrator: Magdalena Gil Cannon
- Safeguarding Administrator – Parish Safeguarding Support: Esme Bowles
- Business Manager: Veronica Officer (Working days Monday-Thursday)
Disclaimer
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 Service does not 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 the web content team or email: safeguardingadmin@rcdow.org.uk





