Contact your District Safeguarding Officer (DSO)
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)
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
6 BOLTON & ROCHDALE
Helen Bolton - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07498 800 427
Email: boltonandrochdaledso@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding | Bolton and Rochdale Methodist District (barmd.org.uk)
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
9 CUMBRIA
Graham Kay - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07704 037 011
Email: Cumbria.district@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Cumbria Methodist District Safeguarding
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
Chris Lewis - 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)
12 CORNWALL AND ISLES OF SCILLY
David Cross - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07925 353 553
Email: david.cross@cornwallmethodists.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding | Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (cornwallmethodists.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
18 LIVERPOOL
Linda Locke - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07341 773 728)
Email: safeguarding@liverpoolmethodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding Policy - Liverpool Methodist District
19 MANCHESTER & STOCKPORT
Helen Bolton - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07498 800 427
Email: mands@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding - Manchester and Stockport Methodist District (mandsmethodists.org.uk)
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)
21 LANCASHIRE
Graham Kay - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07704 037 011
Email: Lancashire.district@dso.methodist.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding - Lancashire Methodist District
22 NOTTINGHAM & DERBY
Revd Susan McIvor - 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
24 PLYMOUTH & EXETER
Chrissie Slaney - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07794 133 797
Email: safeguarding@pemd.org.uk
Visit District Safeguarding Website:
Safeguarding | Plymouth & Exeter Methodist District (pemd.org.uk)
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
Euan Morrison - District Safeguarding Officer
Tel: 07592 447880
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
Gill Crippen - District Safeguarding Officer/Team Leader
Tel: 07722 024250
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