SAFeguarding
Our commitment
At St Thomas’ Church and The Dove Café we want to be a part of building a society that is free from abuse. This is a central Christian issue for us because we believe in the God who loves and values every person and so we want to share in God’s will for the people whom we serve, and who surround us.
Implementing good safeguarding practices, including providing training, and the safe recruitment of all staff, trustees and our senior volunteers is essential work that we do to help make our café as safe a place as possible.
We commit to creating our own safe spaces by implementing our agreed safeguarding policy and risk assessments, by ensuring that staff and volunteers are properly trained to recognise and deal with abuse, allegations and disclosure of abuse wherever it may occur, whether in the café or elsewhere.