The 2014 Care Act introduced the idea that when trying to protect adults at risk, agencies should work directly with the person involved...

It’s the season for outdoor music festivals and Sunday last saw us at Folk by the Oak – a leisurely day long folk festival in...

So hands up who thought that this week’s piece would perhaps have a football focus? Or perhaps a reference to heat? Well with a passing...

En route to Micky’s and Bala’s inductions at the Conference on Saturday in Nottingham, most conference attendees would have had to pass...

‘Moses, Moses the Red Sea closes over you when you least expect it to.’ Enigmatic words penned by Jefferson Airplane, the celebrated US...

Regular readers may well have spotted this author’s passing interest in south London football. It will therefore come as little surprise...

You can learn the most amazing facts about people at their funerals. Things that you never knew about their hobbies or interests, or the...

Today, June 4th, sees the launch of an app that will help people to identify and report instances of modern slavery connected with car...

The poster on the wall of the Swaledale Museum invited one and all to a ‘Shortest Day Celebration’ at Gunnerside Methodist Church on...

Having committed myself to writing 300 words every week, it’s sometimes a challenge to find something in the news, or a new policy...

It’s Christian Aid week and the DVD that has been produced for showing in churches this year features Haiti, which has experienced both a...

Here’s a reminder as summer breaks out and church family events start to take place out of doors, to make sure that you and your church...

From Ruislip to Romford, Enfield to Epsom and all places in between, one aspect of effective safeguarding practice is to know the...

Can you tell your Manet from your Monet, your Cezanne from your Pissaro? French Impressionist art is extremely popular, as evidenced by...

The preacher at my church yesterday started his sermon by waving his passport, and then went on to talk about identity and using it to...

London has seen a significant spike in serious youth violence since the turn of the year culminating in a number of fatal stabbings,...

Some of you know that from time to time I frequent a certain South London football stadium. I'm not always sure why as the experience...

Being confident about your role as a church or circuit safeguarding officer is a real asset, as you may be the key person whose job it is...

I’m never sure what my postman makes of it, or ever notices in fact, but every two months a green publication entitled ‘Child Abuse...

Some people are great at keeping their personal and professional records in good order, whilst others, like me, struggle to find that...