On this page you will find contact details for your District Safeguarding Officer and links to District safeguarding information
Contact your District Safeguarding Officer :
- To raise a Safeguarding concern or query
- For information on Safeguarding Training
- For clarification of Safeguarding Policy, Procedures and Guidance
- For DBS/PVG Checks
Unsure which District you are in? View a map of the Districts here (Pdf)
1 NORTH WEST ENGLAND (NWED)
To contact a District Safeguarding Officer in the North West England District by phone, please call the District phone number - 01772 372160 – and then, when requested, the extension number for the person you want
General Safeguarding - enquiries/referrals:
safeguarding@nwedmethodists.org.uk
Safeguarding General Contact number: EXT: 301
Greater Manchester Plus Mission Area
Helen Bolton - District Safeguarding Officer
Email: boltonh.dso@nwedmethodists.org.uk
EXT: 110
Cumbria Mission Area
Julie Paterson - District Safeguarding Officer
Email: patersonj.dso@nwedmethodists.org.uk
EXT:115
Lancashire Mission Area
Jack Watson - - District Safeguarding Officer
watsonj.dso@nwedmethodists.org.uk
EXT:114
Liverpool Plus Mission Area
Linda Locke - District Safeguarding Officer
lockel.dso@nwedmethodists.org.uk
EXT: 113
Heather Laycock - Administrator with lead for Safeguarding
laycockh@nwedmethodists.org.uk
EXT 117
Visit District Safeguarding Website: NWED Safeguarding
2 WALES SYNOD CYMRU
Rhian Evans-Hill - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07722 045 453
Email: dso.safeguarding@methodistwales.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Wales Synod | The Methodist Church in Wales (methodistwales.org.uk)
5 BIRMINGHAM
Susan (Sue) Holder - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07508 232 773
Email: birminghamsafeguarding@birminghammethodist.org.uk
Stephanie Bradley - Assistant DSO - Training/Audit
Tel: 07494 734 473
Email: StephanieBradley@birminghammethodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding — Birmingham Methodist District
7 BRISTOL
Kevin Maidment - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07925 894 649
Email: bristol@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding - Bristol Methodist District
10 CHANNEL ISLANDS
Jane Fisher - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07840 186 814
Email: janefisher05@gmail.com
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Jersey Methodist Circuit | C.I. District
11 CHESTER & STOKE ON TRENT
Thomas Simm - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07305 141 501
Email: safeguarding@chestokemethodists.com
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Chester and Stoke on Trent District Safeguarding (candsmethodists.org.uk)
13 DARLINGTON
Carolyn Godfrey - Regional Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07534 346 374
Email: Newcastle.darlington@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit Safeguarding in the North East Region Website (Newcastle and Darlington Districts): Darlington District - Safeguarding (darlingtonmethodistdistrict.org.uk)
14 EAST ANGLIA
Neil van Holland - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07787 225 230
Email: eastanglia@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding (eangliamethodist.org.uk)
15 ISLE OF MAN
Tony Connell - Ecumenical Safeguarding Advisor and Coordinator
Tel: 07624 235970
Email: safeguarding@sodorandman.im
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Isle of Man - SAFEGUARDING (methodist.org.im)
17 LINCOLNSHIRE
Howard Smedley - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07758 239 286
Email: safeguarding@lincolnshiremethodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website: Safeguarding – Responding Well – Lincolnshire Methodist District
20 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Carolyn Godfrey - Regional Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07534 346 374
Email: Newcastle.darlington@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website: Safeguarding | Newcastle upon Tyne Methodist District (newcastlemethodistdistrict.org)
Visit Safeguarding in the North East Region Website (Newcastle and Darlington Districts): Darlington District - Safeguarding (darlingtonmethodistdistrict.org.uk)
22 NOTTINGHAM & DERBY
Rosie Clements - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07434 284 633
Email: districtsafeguarding@methodist-nd.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding – Nottingham & Derby Methodist District (methodist-nd.org.uk)
23 NORTHAMPTON
General Safeguarding - enquiries/referrals
Email: safeguarding@northamptonmethodistdistrict.org.uk
Sally Wan (District Safeguarding Officer)
Tel: 07548 315537
Email: dso@northamptonmethodistdistrict.org.uk
Neil Hutchinson (Safeguarding Learning and Development Officer)
Tel: 07887 452736
Email: sgtraining@northamptonmethodistdistrict.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website: Northampton Methodist District | Northampton District Safeguarding
25 SHEFFIELD
Alison Hill - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07483 362 735
Email: safeguarding@sheffieldmethodist.org
Visit District Safeguarding Website: Sheffield Methodist District Safeguarding
26 SOUTHAMPTON
Jane Fisher - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07840 186 814
Email: safeguarding@sdmc.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding | Southampton District Methodist Church (sdmc.org.uk)
27 YORKSHIRE WEST
Emma Goodley - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07743 006 413
Email: dso@ywmethodist.org.uk
Laura Tunnacliffe - Assistant District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07354 862 617
Email: adso@ywmethodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Information and Forms: Yorkshire West Methodist
28 WOLVES & SHREWSBURY
Susan (Sue) Holder - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07508 232 773
Email: birminghamsafeguarding@birminghammethodist.org.uk
Stephanie Bradley - Assistant DSO - Training/Audit
Tel: 07494 734 473
Email: StephanieBradley@birminghammethodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
SAFEGUARDING — Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury Methodist District (wsmethodist.org.uk)
29 YORKSHIRE NORTH AND EAST
Jane Masterman - District Safeguarding Officer (casework contact)
Email: safeguarding@yorkshirenemethodist.org
Tel: 07596 515021
Laura Tunnacliffe - Assistant District Safeguarding Officer (DBS and Training contact)
Tel: 07534 862617
Email: adso@yorkshirenemethodist.org
Visit District Safeguarding Website: Safeguarding – Yorkshire North & East Methodist District (yorkshirenemethodist.org)
31 SCOTLAND & 32 SHETLAND
Jenny Winsley- District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07828 200940
Email: scotland@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website: Safeguarding in the District – The Methodist Church in Scotland
34 BEDFORDSHIRE, ESSEX & HERTS
General Safeguarding - enquiries/referrals:
Email: safeguarding@behdistrict.org.uk
Pauline Jackson - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07508 410758
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Bedfordshire, Essex and Hertfordshire District : Safeguarding (behdistrict.org.uk)
35 LONDON DISTRICT
Claire de Stefano - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07960 877 740
Email: safeguarding@methodistlondon.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding (methodistlondon.org.uk)
36 SOUTH EAST DISTRICT
Claire Coles - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07958 915 747
Email: safeguarding@methodistsoutheast.org
For general queries, visit District Safeguarding Website: Methodist South East District - Safeguarding
Training
For queries regarding:
- Foundation Module - Train the Trainers
- Advanced Module - Online
- Advanced Module - Hybrid
email Jon White, Regional Learning & Development Officer
For queries regarding:
- Foundation Module - Face to Face
- Foundation Module - Online
...contact your circuit Safeguarding Officer or trainers
DBS
For general assistance regarding processing DBS applications, please email DDC or call DDC: 0116 260 3055.
For ministerial DBS queries, email Wendy Cory, District Administrator
37 SOUTH WEST PENINSULA
With the advent of the new South West Peninsula Methodist District comprising circuits from the Plymouth and Exeter and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Methodist District, DSO Contact details will change from 1 October 2024:
New Contact Details from 1 October 2024:
David Cross - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07925 353 553
Email: david.cross@swpmethodist.org.uk
Chrissie Slaney - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07794 133 797
Email: chrissie.slaney@swpmethodist.org.uk
Visit SWP Methodist Safeguarding Website:
Visit South West Peninsula District Safeguarding Website: