How to Report a Concern
If you have a safeguarding concern, allegation or suspicions of abuse about a child or vulnerable adult, please immediately contact the Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser using the following Report A Concern referral form below.
When the online form is completed, only the safeguarding advisers have access to it. You should receive a notification that says the form has been submitted.
There is another option to fill in the Report a Concern form below. The link will take you to a Word version. Please download this and fill it in. Then send directly to: safeguarding@dioceseofnorwich.org
If you have any difficulties filling in either option, please contact: 01603 882345 and a member of the Safeguarding team can help you.
Safeguarding Officers
Sue Brice
Diocesan Safeguarding Officer
Peter Sayer
Assistant Diocesan Safeguarding Officer
Sara Shorten
Deputy Diocesan Safeguarding Officer / Cathedral Safeguarding Officer
Who to contact when
Your Parish Safeguarding Officer is also a local first point of contact for reporting safeguarding concerns.
If there is a risk of immediate harm
Where a child or adult is at imminent risk, call 999 or for:
- Norfolk: a child or adult call 0344 800 8020
- Suffolk: a child or adult call 0808 800 4005
If there is no risk of immediate harm
If you do not think there is a risk of immediate harm, please speak to a safeguarding professional about your concern as soon as possible. If you have significant concerns please report to children’s social service or adult’s social services without delay.
Safeguarding Contacts
safeguarding@dioceseofnorwich.org Call: 01603 882345
Address: Safeguarding Team, Bishop’s House, Norwich, NR3 1SB.
If you wish to directly contact one of the advisers in particular, their contact details are:
Sue Brice, Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser
07958 377079 or sue.brice@dioceseofnorwich.org
Bishop’s House, Norwich, NR3 1SB
Peter Sayer, Diocesan Assistant Safeguarding Adviser
07342 999386 or peter.sayer@dioceseofnorwich.org
Bishop’s House, Norwich, NR3 1SB
Sara Shorten, Deputy Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser, Cathedral Safeguarding Adviser
01603 882345 sara.shorten@dioceseofnorwich.org
Bishop’s House, Norwich, NR3 1SB
Please note: this is not an emergency service, the Advisers operate within working hours. Please leave a voicemail and someone will get back to you.