Child Protection
All Child Protection casework is dealt with by the Inter-diocesan Child Protection Adviser, Su Foster who can be contacted on 01704 540516 (0784 951 7351 out of hours and emergency use) or by e-mail sufoster@fsmail.net.
Criminal Records Bureau disclosures are processed by Church House, Manchester. Please contact Barbara Summers on 0161 828 1400.
General procedural queries, and ordering of resources, are dealt with by the Children's Officer, Revd Steve Dixon on 0161 828 1433.
Download Children First, the Diocesan Guidelines on Child Protection (3rd Edition, 2005) here.
'Protecting All God's Children' (3rd Edition), the House of Bishops' Child Protection Policy (the document on which all parish and diocesan policies should be based) can be downloaded from www.cofe.anglican.org/info/papers/.
A copy is also be available for loan from the Resources Centre at Church House, Manchester (see 'Resources - Child Protection' for a review).
