Elim is committed to creating healthy churches and safe spaces for all. We recognise the ways in which children and adults can be at risk of harm or abuse, so endeavour to create a culture to minimise opportunities for abuse to occur.
Children rely on adults to keep them safe, therefore all our churches working with children, either directly or indirectly, are committed to safeguarding children in their care. We seek to do this by providing a safe, stable, and nurturing environment where children can reach their full potential.
Similarly, within our churches there are adults in need of protection, care and support due to vulnerability, whether that is a permanent or temporary state. We are aware too that within our churches there are relationships of trust, which flourish best within healthy churches and environments, where there is openness, transparency and accountability.
We firmly believe that safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, and all involved in the life of our churches and activities have a role to play in keeping children, young people and adults safe.
Mark Pugh - General Superintendent
We will publish our Safeguarding Policy as soon as it's available.
At Elim Pentecostal Church, Aldershot we have two people who lead in managing Safeguarding. They are our Designated Safeguarding Officer (DSO) Chris Dyer and our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer (DDSO) Marilyn Warne. You can contact them using the dedicated email address safeguarding@elim-aldershot.org.uk.
If you wish to raise a concern regarding safeguarding within the Elim organisation, there are three ways you can do this: