Safeguarding in the Religious Context – ‘If I Told You What Would You Do?’ Developments in the Diocese

‘If I Told You, What Would You Do?’ is the name of a strategy which aims to engage with survivors of faith-based abuse, as well as with those who need to see, hear and respond well to them.  Our purpose is to promote the physical, psychological and spiritual wellbeing of those who have experienced trauma and abuse in the church.  We’re doing this by providing peer support to victims and survivors, and also by helping to build up the church’s communal resources of compassion and confidence in responding well to those who disclose abuse, no matter how long ago it happened.