Witney Benefice Policies

Safeguarding

If a child or adult is in immediate danger or requires immediate medical attention, call the emergency services on 999. If there are concerns about their immediate welfare, don’t delay: call Children and Adult’s Social care on 0345 050 7666 or the MASH Out of Hours Emergency Duty Team: 0800 833408. Also please inform one of Parish Safeguarding Team.

For other safeguarding concerns please immediately inform our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Alison, on 07884 074812 or her Deputy, Sarah Jane, on 07506 515 952 or Pauline on 01993 648136. You can also email concerns to safeguarding@witneyparish.org.uk

If you are unsure or worried about how serious a situation is, contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Team on 01865 208295 or safeguardingreferrals@oxford.anglican.org. For enquiries outside of operational hours, contact Thirtyone:eight on 0303 003 1111.

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Prayer Tree

Please feel free to post a prayer on our Benefice website.

All prayers are first moderated to ensure any post respects our Safeguarding Policy and so there may be a small delay before they are published on our website.

When writing a prayer, please use only first names, initials or a pseudonym to protect privacy.

Your email address will not be published and is used only if we need to double check your prayer request.

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