If you work with children or vulnerable adults within Dunkeld Diocese you MUST be PVG scheme registered for the specific role you have regardless of the membership you have for other roles. If you do not apply for PVG membership then you will be unable to continue your work within the parish if it involves children or vulnerable adults. By the end of June this year anyone working with children or vulnerable adults in our parish must be a member of the PVG ( Protection of Vulnerable Groups) scheme for the job they do in the Diocese of Dunkeld.
If you are uncertain check with the parish priest or Pauline Ward, safeguarding coordinator ( 01738 449841). There will be an opportunity to apply for membership of the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday 2nd June at 7pm in the middle room in St John’s Church Hall.
“The Catholic Church in Scotland is concerned with the lives, safety, wholeness and well-being of each individual person within God’s purpose for everyone. It seeks to safeguard the welfare of people of all ages who are involved in whatever capacity with the Church and its organisations. As a Church community, we accept that it is the responsibility of all of us, ordained, professed, paid and voluntary members, to work together to prevent the physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of children, young people and vulnerable adults.”
‘Awareness and Safety in our Catholic Communities 2007′
The Scottish Catholic Safeguarding Service
National Co-ordinator
Mrs. Tina Campbell
274 Bath Street
Glasgow G2 4JR
Tel: 0141 332 7177
Telephone: 0141 3531177
TCampbell@scottishcatholicsafeguarding.org.uk
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor
Mr. John Smith
30 Lawside Road
Dundee DD3 6BJ
Tel. (01382) 225453
Diocesan Safeguarding Training Officer
Mrs Maureen McKenzie
c/o Diocesan Office
24-28 Lawside Road
Dundee DD3 6XY
Tel. (01382) 225453
Fax. (01382) 204585
Parish Safeguarding Coordinator
Lori Morrison – 07894019926
Further reference can be obtained from the National Office for the Protection for Children and Vulnerable Adults website:-www.nopcva.org