Appendix 6 – Faith community contacts and resources |
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Appendix 6 offers points of contact for faith communities in child protection matters and
outlines some key resources that may be useful.
Faith community contacts
| Organisation | Telephone number | Website |
| Baptist Church | 01235 517 700 | www.baptist.org.uk |
| Catholic Church – CSAS | 0121 237 6076 | www.csas.uk.net |
| Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter-day Saints | 0121 712 1251 | www.lds.org.uk |
| Church in Wales | 0292 034 8234 | www.churchinwales.org.uk |
| Methodist and Church of England | 020 7467 5189 | www.methodistchurch.org.uk |
| Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB) | 020 8993 7141 | www.minab.org.uk |
| Movement for Reform Judaism | 020 8349 5656 | www.reformjudaism.org.uk |
| Muslim Council of Britain | 0845 2626 786 | www.mcb.org.uk |
| Religious Society of Friends | 020 7663 1023 | www.quaker.org.uk |
| Salvation Army | 020 7367 4772 | www.salvationarmy.org.uk |
| United Reform Church | 020 7916 2020 | www.urc.org.uk |
| United Synagogue | 020 8343 8989 | www.theus.org.uk |
For those from Hindu or Sikh faith, please contact the local temple.
For other faiths including independent Christian churches, please contact the Churches’ Child Protection Advisory Service (CCPAS) who are an independent christian child care charity working across the faith sector. Please ring 0845 120 4550, visit www.ccpas.co.uk or email info@ccpas.co.uk.
Faith community resources
CCPAS, together with the Lucy Faithful Foundation, have produced materials to assist faith communities in working with offenders, including a DVD, SOS Supporting Offenders Safely, and a booklet, Help... a sex offender has joined my church.
CCPAS has also produced Safe and Secure, ten safeguarding standards for faith communities, which contains both policies and procedures, as well as an hour long safeguarding DVD drama documentary set around the 10 standards
Faith communities should also refer to Section 6.49 to 6.53 Child abuse linked to belief in ’spirit possession’ and the DCSF good practice guidance Safeguarding Children from Abuse Linked to a belief in Spirit Possession (DCSF, 2007). Further information is available on ‘Good Practice for Working with Faith Communities – Spirit Possession & Abuse’ from CCPAS.