Safeguarding

Promoting a Safer Church

The Parish of St John’s Wimborne is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of children and young people within our church community, and also to encouraging an environment where all people and especially those who may be vulnerable are able to worship and pursue their faith journey with encouragement and in safety.

We are also committed to the Diocese of Salisbury Safeguarding Policy, implementation of the Diocese of Salisbury Safeguarding and Good Practise Guidelines, and the relevant statutory legislation and guidance for the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Parish Safeguarding Policy Statements

Every year the PCC will: agree its Policy Statement for the Safeguarding of Children, Young people and Vulnerable Adults, display a copy in the Church, and forward a copy to the Diocesan Safeguarding Office for their records. You can download a copy of the current Policy Statement here:

Safeguarding-Policy-2023-signed (518.5KB)

Parish Safeguarding Representatives


Andrew Morris	Pat Loveless

If you have any Safeguarding questions or concerns you can contact our Parish Safeguarding Officers, Andrew Morris (ccs.andrewmorris@gmail.com or 01202 883421 or 07772 801117) or Pat Loveless (patloveless18@gmail.com or 01202 880199 or 07980 490033).

Alternatively, you can contact the Safeguarding Team at Salisbury Diocese for advice or support:

The team is available from Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. You can:

Contact safeguarding@salisbury.anglican.org or call 01722 438651.
Phone Suzy Fletcher on 07500 664800 (Monday to Thursday inclusive and on call Monday and Tuesday evenings until 9pm)
Phone Jem Carter on 07469 857888 (Tuesday to Friday inclusive and on call Wednesday and Thursday evenings until 9pm)

If your query is urgent or out of hours, please contact thirtyone:eight on 0303 0031111, or call 999 if a child or adult is in immediate danger of significant or serious harm.

For further information, see the following website: https://thirtyoneeight.org/help-and-resources/safeguarding-helpline/

Further sources for support:

Safe Spaces – 0300 303 1056 Home - Safe Spaces England and Wales
NSPCC – 0808 800 5000 NSPCC | The UK children's charity | NSPCC
Childline – 0800 1111 Childline | Childline
Stop it Now – 0808 1000 900 https://www.stopitnow.org.uk/
NAPAC – 0808 801 0331 NAPAC - Supporting Recovery From Childhood Abuse
Samaritans – 116 123 Samaritans | Every life lost to suicide is a tragedy | Here to listen
Family Lives – 0808 800 2222 Parenting and Family Support | Family Lives
National Domestic Abuse Helpline – 0808 2000 247 Homepage - National Domestic Abuse Helpline
Hourglass – 0808 808 8141 Hourglass Services | Hourglass

Planning your Visit

Welcome from the Vicar

Let me welcome you to St John’s! I am so delighted you have found our web site. We are a Church family in Wimborne for anyone living, working or studying around this area. Whoever you are, whatever your age, whether you’re an experienced Christian or not, we would love you to join us.

From an intrigued onlooker to the committed follower we are keen that everyone should grow in relationship with God through knowing Jesus. To help us do that our emphasis is on hearing God speak to us by his Holy Spirit through his word, the Bible. Each of us knows that we only grow in a relationship with someone and get to know them when we spend time listening to them and responding and reacting to what they say. So the focus of St John’s is on listening to God’s word, talking to him in prayer and taking up all that he says.

The Church family here at St John’s longs to help anyone who wants to investigate the life of Jesus. On this site you will find people, meetings, talks and events shaped to help you take another step forward in finding out more about God and his love for us in Jesus, and to help you get linked into the church family life.

I do hope I will have the opportunity to meet you personally in the very near future and that you will quickly feel at home at St John’s.

Revd. Peter Breckwoldt