Saint Matthew's Church takes seriously the well being of every person in our church community and values each equally. We have two Safeguarding Officers and a number of Children's Champions who can be contacted in church or as below. We have systems in place to respond to concerns of abuse whether sexual, financial, emotional of any other kind. We have formally adopted the Church of England policy on Promoting Safer Church, which you can find here; https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-12/PromotingSaferChurchWeb.pdf

The Safeguarding Officer and Children's Champions have their photographs in church and can be easily contacted. Their names are Valerie Govia (valeriegovia@hotmail.com) and Sharon Hylton (sharon.crosdale@sky.com).  You can also contact the Vicar on 02089653748. You can also contact the Diocesan Safeguarding team at https://www.london.anglican.org/directory/safeguarding-team/ and childline on 08001111 24 hours a day. You may find these numbers helpful;

CHILDLINE	0800 1111
FAMILY LIVES (previously Parentline)	0808 800 222
Action on Elder Abuse	080 8808 8141
Domestic Violence Helpline (for females) Mankind (for males)	0808 2000 247 01823 334244
Stop It Now! (Lucy Faithfull Foundation)	0808 1000 900

Brent Social Services Family Front Door is 02089374300.

Your safety and security are very important to us.