2025 Safeguarding Conference

Every Story Matters

Making the link between safeguarding and the Methodist Church's Justice, Dignity and Solidarity strategy

The theme chosen for the Regional Safeguarding Conference this year is based around the Justice, Dignity and Solidarity (JDS) strategy which was adopted by the Methodist Conference of 2021.

There were four sessions which we hope will draw out some of the lessons learnt and how to apply them in the context of safeguarding and our church life and ministry. The sessions were recorded and you can watch them on YouTube via this page.
The Chat during each session has also been captured and can be downloaded as a Word document from this page.

Stories of Journeys – 3 Feb at 1:30pm
Where have we come from as a church? Who have been the pioneers, what lessons have been learned from where it went wrong. Led by Revd Helen Cameron. The PowerPoint slides which accompanied this session can be found here as a PDF file.

Stories of Justice – 4 Feb at 7:30pm
Coordinated by the young people from our districts, sharing stores that have come from 3Generate and the church priorities

Stories of Dignity – 5 Feb at 10am
The lived reality of inclusion in the church. What a safe space feels like and what it feels like when church is not safe. Led by Pauline Jackson. The PowerPoint slides which accompanied this session can be found here as a PDF file.

Stories of Solidarity – 6 Feb at 1:30pm
Examples of good practice, stories of where things are working well and the positive impact of finding a safe space in church. Led by Revd Mark Rowland