Safeguarding Statement

Our Organisation – Divine Glory Hosanna Ministries International

acknowledges and covers the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and adults, through the multiplicity of ways people connect with this organisation, missions, groups, and activities, including through the digital platform online such as social networking services and social media.

We have produced this safeguarding statement for the protection, care, and well- being of everyone across all the Organisation’s activities in recognition that we work with children and young people, with adults who may be vulnerable or at risk, with victims and survivors of abuse and neglect and those who pose a risk of harm to children and adults.

Divine Glory Hosanna Ministries International: Our commitment to Safeguarding:

As the leadership, we recognise the need to provide a safe and caring environment for children, young people and adults. We recognise the importance of our ministry with children, young people and adults and our responsibility to protect everyone entrusted to our care. We believe every child should be valued, safe and happy. We want to make sure that children we have contact with know this and are empowered to tell us if they are suffering harm. All children and young people have the right to be treated with respect, to be listened to and to be protected from all forms of abuse.

Adults in our church should be enabled to live fulfilling, autonomous lives, and should have access to every aspect of church life. The care and protection of children, young people and adults involved in church is the responsibility of the whole church. As a leadership we endeavour to make our church a safe environment for all.

In providing this statement about safeguarding children and adults within our church, in the services, groups and activities we provide, along with the interaction we have outside these events, including through social media and other electronic communication means, we hope to demonstrate our commitment to ensuring the safety of all. We endeavour to provide a healthy and safe church culture where the welfare of the child, young person and adult is paramount.

Recognising that the very nature of safeguarding means that we must respond to allegations both sensitive and confidentiality, this does not mean secretly but being open, transparent, and accountable as well as seeking advice and liaising with social services, police and other agencies as necessary.

Thank you. CHURCH BOARD