Safeguarding

Fresh Expressions is committed to safeguarding and to creating safe, trustworthy spaces in all areas of our own charity life and work.

Safeguarding advice for fx

Fresh Expressions has a Safeguarding Policy and Procedure for the internal life and work of the charity.

This policy applies to the FX Board, Ops Team, Leadership Community, and anyone acting for or representing Fresh Expressions. It covers FX’s own governance, events, residentials, learning communities, communications, resources, partnerships and people acting on behalf of the charity.

It is not a safeguarding policy for individual practitioners, pioneers, fresh expressions of church, new Christian communities, hubs, churches, denominations or local organisations. Each local context remains responsible for its own safeguarding arrangements.

Click here to read the Fresh Expressions Safeguarding Policy and Procedure

Safeguarding advice for practitioners

If you are looking for safeguarding advice for your own fresh expression of church, new Christian community, hub, church, denomination or local context, please use our practitioner signposting page.

Fresh Expressions does not provide safeguarding advice, investigation, case management or crisis support for local contexts. Your first step should usually be to contact your own church, denominational, organisational or diocesan safeguarding lead.

Click here for signposting Safeguarding advice for practitioners

Getting started

Pioneering is all about growing new forms of church where church isn’t.

We’ve been doing this for over 18 years and we have a vast community of practitioners and loads of resources.

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fx Values

Fresh Expressions of Church take several different forms; 

from new housing, rural, messy church, forests, coffee shops, barns, online and even church buildings. Several key features unite them to provide further clarity…

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EXAMPLES OF FRESH EXPRESSIONS

Fresh Expressions are rooted in and shaped by the context in which they’re established

No single Fresh Expression is the same. These stories are a great place to be inspired.

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fx Resourcing

One of the four key activities of fx is to enable the resourcing of the movement

We’ve developed a sustainable framework that empowers practitioners and pioneers within the movement to co-create and resource one another. Check out the wealth of resources and training available

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