Safeguarding
This page explains how Believers Growth Academy supports safe Christian training, clear escalation, and responsible conduct for learners, trainers, leaders, and administrators.
This page is written for clarity and good UK practice. It should be reviewed by the church leadership and, where needed, a qualified legal or safeguarding adviser before formal adoption.
Believers Growth Academy should be used in a way that promotes a safe, respectful, and accountable Christian training environment for children, young people, adults at risk, learners, volunteers, trainers, and leaders.
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. Concerns must not be ignored, hidden, spiritualised away, or handled informally when a person may be at risk of harm.
If someone is in immediate danger or urgent help is needed, contact emergency services by calling 999 in the UK.
If there is a non-emergency safeguarding concern, it should be reported promptly to the church safeguarding lead, senior leadership, or the relevant statutory service in line with the church's safeguarding procedure.
The academy platform should not be used as the only place to report urgent safeguarding concerns.
Concerns may include abuse, neglect, exploitation, coercion, harassment, inappropriate relationships, unsafe leadership conduct, misuse of authority, self-harm risk, domestic abuse, or any behaviour that makes a person unsafe.
A learner, trainer, or admin who receives a concern should record the key facts carefully, avoid investigating beyond their role, and escalate to the appropriate safeguarding lead or authority.
Records should be factual, dated, proportionate, securely stored, and shared only with those who need to know.
Trainers and Unit Leaders should understand boundaries, confidentiality, pastoral care limits, escalation routes, and when specialist help is needed.
Where a role involves substantial contact with children, young people, or adults at risk, safer recruitment, appropriate DBS checks where eligible, induction, training, supervision, and ongoing review should be considered.
A certificate from the academy does not replace safer recruitment, safeguarding training, DBS checks, supervision, or church approval for ministry roles.
Confidentiality is important but not absolute. Information may need to be shared where there is a risk of harm, a safeguarding duty, a legal obligation, or a need to protect another person.
Learners should be told, where appropriate, that safeguarding concerns may have to be escalated. Decisions to share sensitive information should be proportionate and recorded.
Users should communicate respectfully and avoid private, inappropriate, manipulative, or pressuring messages. Trainer-learner communication should remain accountable and appropriate to the role.
Uploads should not include unsafe images, private third-party information, unlawful content, or materials that expose children or vulnerable adults to risk.
Admin users should review upload permissions, file types, and moderation procedures before wider public launch.
The academy should encourage a culture where questions can be asked, concerns can be raised, power is not misused, and leaders are accountable.
Good safeguarding practice includes clear roles, transparent decisions, respectful communication, supervision, regular review, and willingness to involve statutory services when needed.
This safeguarding statement is always reviewed at regular intervals by The Kingdom Chapel leadership and the appointed safeguarding lead. A further review takes place whenever the academy expands its services, introduces live coaching or mentoring, admits learners under 18, or appoints additional trainers, partner churches, or ministry teams.
The academy operates in line with The Kingdom Chapel's safeguarding policy, relevant Charity Commission expectations, applicable statutory guidance, and any denomination-specific requirements that apply to the ministry context.
