Standard Two: Communicating the Church’s Safeguarding Message
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 @ 10:06 am
The second standard relates to how a Church body communicates its safeguarding messages.
Each Church body proactively communicates the Church’s safeguarding message.
The criteria which indicate that this standard is being met include…
Communicating Safeguarding Message (CSM) 1
The Church body will:
- Have a written plan that describes how it will communicate its safeguarding messages, to whom, and in what manner.
- Regularly review its communication plan, taking account of developments in its practice.
- Link to other Church bodies and organisations to promote a safer environment within the Church and local community.
CSM2
The Church body’s leadership will:
- Actively engage with victims and survivors, volunteers, parents, and guardians, adults at risk and children and young people, when deciding how to communicate their safeguarding messages most effectively.
- Promote an understanding of their commitment to effective safeguarding amongst those that they serve, and to the wider public.
- Demonstrate that they own the safeguarding messages that they produce.
The following represents evidence that would indicate compliance with this standard.
- The existence of a written plan that details the Church body’s approach to communicating its safeguarding messages.
- Reviews of the communication plan and a timetable for planned revision.
- Links with local organisations, voluntary and statutory, that are present within the community.
- Reference to safeguarding messages in management and leadership meetings within the Church body.
- Existence of posters and other notices containing essential safeguarding information on open display in any premises that the Church body operates within.
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