Safeguarding
St Mary’s is committed to the safety of children and adults at risk. If you have a concern, here is who to contact.
Parish safeguarding representative
Suzanne Tewkesbury
PSR.swindon.stmary@cliftondiocese.com
Clifton Diocese safeguarding team
Alexander House, 160 Pennywell Road, Bristol, BS5 0TX
Phone: 0117 954 0993
Email: safeguarding@cliftondiocese.com
cliftondiocese.com/safeguarding
The diocesan team supports parishes, deals with concerns sensitively and in confidence, and works with the police, probation and social services.
Our commitment
In his statement of May 2024, Bishop Bosco MacDonald set out that the Diocese of Clifton takes the protection of children and adults at risk extremely seriously. The diocese has a zero-tolerance approach to abuse, follows the national standards of the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency, and is committed to openness, to responding with compassion when harm is reported, and to listening to and learning from survivors. Keeping our parishes safe is everyone’s responsibility.