LGBT+ Safeguarding Conference - Day 2

Описание: Safeguarding LGBT+ People in the Church
📅 Monday 6 – Tuesday 7 October 2025
📍 Exeter College, Oxford (Cohen Quad, Walton St.) + Online

Keynote Speakers

Father Jarel Robinson-Brown – Vicar of St German’s Church, theologian, activist, and advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion.
Canon Rosie Harper – Writer, ethicist, campaigner for justice and equality in the church and beyond.

About the Conference
Under patriarchy, power determines who is seen, heard, and protected. Too often, LGBTQIA+ people—and especially children and youth—find themselves last in line, left vulnerable to theological, ideological, pastoral, and even physical harm.

This national conference asks: How do we safeguard those most at risk?
Because when safeguarding is effective for LGBT+ people, it is strengthened for everyone.

Drawing from theology, lived experience, and professional safeguarding practice, this gathering brings together leading voices—academics, ministers, survivors, and advocates—who are shaping a safer, more inclusive church.

Program Highlights

Talks, panels, and seminars from leading experts including:
Revd Canon Dr Judith Maltby – The Church of England, safeguarding failures and sexuality
Professor Helen King – Survivors’ voices and safeguarding culture
Chrissy Meleady MBE – Safeguarding and justice: lessons from Section 28 to today
Andrea King – Creating Sanctuary: building safer churches for all
Matthew Drapper – The Safeguarding Factory: challenging systems that silence survivors
Dr Sue Ann Mak – Scripture as weapon or safeguard?
Rachel Humphrey, Rebecca Parnaby-Rooke, Chrissie Chevasutt, and many more.

Q&A panels with leaders across denominations.
Opportunities for discussion, reflection, and networking with others committed to justice and care.
Why Attend?
Safeguarding is not just policy—it is theological, pastoral, and profoundly ethical. The way the church protects (or neglects) its most vulnerable reveals its true character. This conference is an urgent call to listen to the voices of survivors, experts, and those too often pushed to the margins, and to reimagine safeguarding as a pathway to healing and hope.