Statement from the Bishop’s Delegate for Civil Administration

The Diocese of Brentwood has inaugurated a new safeguarding website, designed as the definitive portal for all matters pertaining to the protection of children, young people, and adults at risk. It gathers our resources into one accessible and authoritative source, thereby strengthening the governance and oversight of this most serious responsibility.

Purpose

This development marks not merely an improvement in presentation but a clear advance in accountability and transparency. Safeguarding is the measure by which the integrity of any institution is tested. It is, therefore, imperative that the Church’s procedures be both visible and readily understood.

Key Features

• Frequently Asked Questions: ensuring swift answers to common concerns.

• Live Chat: affording immediate and confidential contact with the safeguarding team.

• AI Introduction: an innovative guide which ushers visitors into the Victims and Survivors section, where lived experience rightly commands our attention.

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Governance and Responsibility

Safeguarding is no peripheral duty; it lies at the very heart of trust. The introduction of this platform signals our determination to unite modern technology with timeless duty, thereby reinforcing the structures of protection upon which our common life depends.

This site is henceforth the principal point of reference for safeguarding within the Diocese. I commend it to clergy, parish representatives, and the faithful at large, as both a practical tool and a visible assurance that the Diocese of Brentwood will not waver in its vigilance.