Can you tell if someone has not been looking after themselves? Is it because they have not showered or changed their clothes? Is it...

So the road map had been published. Whether you see it as providing clear direction or a mass of confusion, it is clear, as some papers...

Week 6 or is it week 7? I’ve rather lost track, and that’s in part because, remarkably, my colleagues in the Connexional Safeguarding...

With the rate of deaths in hospital beginning to fall, we are rightly becoming equally or even more concerned about the number of deaths...

I’ve just started on a MOOC. Know what it is? It stands for Massive Open Online Course and provided you don’t want a certificate at the...

I’m going to try not to write about it. Difficult as it’s all pervasive and impacts on every aspect of our lives. Easter Sunday was so...

I’d hesitate to declare that this column has been syndicated but it’s now going to be part of our weekly local church communication. So...

For the last two and a quarter years this column has aimed to bring the safeguarding agenda to a wider audience in our Church, especially...

The news that Greggs was to close all its stores broke before the Prime Minister’s announcement last night. It felt like that moment...

Well…. We are well and truly in a place even a week or so ago we probably never expected to be. Personally as I edge towards the total...

It seems an obvious choice to reflect a bit on Coronavirus this week. The Monday morning train into London seemed a bit emptier than...

The top official at the Home Office has resigned. His resignation statement on Saturday spoke of a bullying culture in the organisation...

(Written on 04 February 2020) The news today is reporting that about half of 10 year old children have smart phones. Surprisingly this...

Half term and an army of grandparents converge on London main line stations, various children in tow. It’s definitely museum time and no...

‘So I’ve now left the world of safeguarding behind’ This was a comment I overheard on Saturday during a walk through Windsor Great Park,...

Spoiler Alert: the Advanced Level Safeguarding Training course features a cartoon that aims to illustrate how touch can be experienced in...

The news today says that Prince Harry has returned to Canada. The Royal Family has endured a pretty challenging week or two and wherever...

Drama documentaries on TV about abuse in the church must be like buses. None for ages and then two come along together, as was the case...

In January 1983 U2 released one of their most famous anthemic songs that catapulted them into their post-punk world rock domination...

After the political turbulence of the past week, who knows what the year ahead will bring? One thing is for sure - the Church's...