• 25 November 2015

Board of Education (NI) updates guidance on taking and publishing photographs and recorded images

Guidance on the taking and publishing of photographs and recorded images has been updated.

A leaflet on the topic may be downloaded from the Safeguarding Trust website here.

A sample consent form is also available to be downloaded here.

A poster for display on parish noticeboards is available on request from the Child Protection Officers.

Child Protection Officer (NI) 

Ms Margaret Yarr

Tel: 028 9082 8860 

Email: 

Yarr, Margaret

About Safeguarding Trust

The Church of Ireland’s child protection policy, Safeguarding Trust, the Code, for short, has been in place since 1997 and was included in the Constitution of the Church of Ireland in 2006. There are separate editions for use in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Church of Ireland child protection policy statement:

“It is the policy of the Church of Ireland to set standards for the welfare of all children sharing in its ministry with a view to protecting them from physical, sexual and emotional harm”.

Find out more at www.sgt.ireland.anglican.org