Bishop Stephen Wright welcomes you to the Safeguarding pages of our Diocesan website.
“Our diocesan family of parishes is called to minister the love of Jesus. Our mission is to bless people with the presence of Christ and never harm.
Safeguarding children and the vulnerable is an essential part of the life and ministry of the Church.
It is the responsibility of us all to ensure our parishes and institutions are safe for all. We all have our part to play and safeguarding is the responsibility of us all.
Abuse has no place in our Diocese. The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle and I as your Bishop have a zero tolerance to abuse. Abuse is evil. It is destructive.
But safeguarding is so much more than just avoiding abuse, important though that is.
Safeguarding is ensuring a culture is embedded in all of our parishes and communities so that we have safe people, safe places and safe practices in all that we do as a diocesan family.
Thank you for your commitment and dedicated practice to safeguarding.”
