Standard 2

Each Church body proactively communicates the Church’s safeguarding message.

The criteria which indicate that this standard is being met include:

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 update 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.

CSM: 2 The leadership of the Church body will:

• Actively engage with 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.

Link with other standards:
This standard links with standards 1, 4, and 8