St Mark's Hamilton Terrace takes its duty and obligation to protect all extremely seriously. We have adopted the national Church of England's robust procedures and guidelines. You can find out more about the national policies and procedures at churchofengland.org/safeguarding

If you have any safeguarding concerns, or issues on a safeguarding matter you can contact our safeguarding officer:

Mark Hennesey on safeguarding@stmarks.london


You can also contact the diocese safeguarding team on 020 7932 1224 (Out of hours advice can be sought from the Thirtyone:eight helpline on 0303 003 1111, selecting option 2.
Thirtyone:eight is an independent charity which works in close partnership with the Diocesan Safeguarding Team (DST). The DST receives notification of any advice given by Thirtyone:eight.)

Call 999 if a child or adult is in immediate danger of significant or serious harm

  • National helplines:
  • NSPCC – 0808 800 5000
  • Childline – 0800 1111
    Stop it Now – 0808 1000 900 
  • NAPAC – 0808 801 0331
  • Samaritans – 116 123
  • Family Lives – 0808 800 2222
    National Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 2000 247
  • Action on Elder Abuse – 0808 808 8141