Final overview report of the independent diocesan safeguarding audits and additional work on improving responses to survivors of abuse

First published in Great Britain in March 2019 by the Social Care Institute for Excellence and the Church of England.

This is the final report of the programme of independent work focused on diocesan safeguarding arrangements and practice. It is made up of two parts. They are brought together in this final report as means of integrating learning from engaging directly with people with first-hand experiences of Church responses to issues related to safeguarding, with learning from the diocesan safeguarding audits.

Published: March 1, 2019

Publisher: Social Care Institute for Excellence and the Church of England