Category Archives: Safeguarding

July 2025 General Synod: money talks

Posted on July 19, 2025 by fluff35

What really divides the Church of England? Not sex: money and how it should be distributed. Continue reading →

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Living in parched places: February 2025 General Synod

Posted on February 16, 2025 by fluff35

I’m just back from a five-day Synod in central London. And, not for the first time, I’m wondering what the point of it all is. That’s exacerbated by being aware of some blatant attempts at manipulation, with the days and … Continue reading →

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David Tudor: the lessons we should have learned already

Posted on December 17, 2024 by fluff35

Another day, another safeguarding mess. And another independent safeguarding review “to ensure lessons are learnt from this case” (Church of England statement on David Tudor, 15 December). I’d like to make one very simple point: that the lessons needing to … Continue reading →

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Farewell August: time for the Church of England to wake up?

Posted on August 29, 2024 by fluff35

I’ve never really understood ‘Church August’. ‘Church January’? ‘Church post-Easter’? Sure: the rhythm of the Christian calendar means that there are points when everyone needs some down time after a burst of particularly intense activity. But in August, for purely … Continue reading →

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The c-word: what happened in those London churches?

Posted on July 29, 2024 by fluff35

And so it goes on; ‘it’ being the reaction in one section of the Church of England to what are called “the faithless LLF proposals”, produced by the “unorthodox” House of Bishops, aka our “compromised leadership”, etc etc. This really … Continue reading →

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Milestone Day or Groundhog Day?

Posted on July 10, 2024 by fluff35

July Synod is over. Another long meeting, which was extended by having a separate meeting of the House of Laity before ‘Synod proper’. This time around, we had earlier starts (8.45), shorter meal breaks, and one evening session scheduled to … Continue reading →

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Hidden in plain sight: Soul Survivor again

Posted on May 16, 2024 by fluff35

Earlier this week there was a surprising announcement from Soul Survivor Watford of their new senior pastor. On X/Twitter, @needs_light tweeted that the person appointed is Simon Nicholls, a former Soul Survivor employee in a range of roles, and a … Continue reading →

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Surviving Soul Survivor

Posted on April 10, 2024 by fluff35

I want to start with a disclosure. While I think I had at least heard the clever title, I knew nothing about Soul Survivor until the early 2000s. I had assumed it was some sort of cult thing, probably to … Continue reading →

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Next business, anyone? LLF, Synod, February 2024

Posted on February 27, 2024 by fluff35

 So what happened there? You may well ask. A debate on LLF stopped by the procedural motion to move to Next Business… is that a further kicking of the proverbial can down the unending road, the road which we somehow … Continue reading →

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The Independent Safeguarding Board: a ‘reset’?

Posted on June 25, 2023 by fluff35

It has been an exceptionally confusing week for those of us who work with or who are concerned about safeguarding and redress. An announcement was made about the funding of the Redress Scheme, and was immediately followed by an announcement … Continue reading →

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