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We offer daily services and a cultural programme of talks, events and concerts. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate
From Sun 6 to 27 April
Breastplate will be displayed behind the altar of the Side Chapel and lit from below so that it glows from within, thereby revealing its feather-filled fragility and the talismanic contents of its pockets.
St James’s hosts inclusive services and a cultural programme. We seek to be a welcoming space for people to reflect, create and debate.
St James’s is a place to explore, reflect, pray, and support all who are in need. We are a Church of England parish in the Anglican Communion.
We host a year-round creative programme encompassing music, visual art and spoken word.
We offer hospitality to people going through homelessness and speak out on issues of injustice, especially concerning refugees, asylum, racial justice, and LGBTQ+ issues.
St James’s strives to advocate for earth justice and to develop deeper connections with nature.
We aspire to be a home where everyone can belong. We’re known locally and globally for our unique history and beauty, as well as faith in action, creativity and the arts, and a commitment to social and environmental justice.
We strive to be a Eucharist-centred, diverse and inclusive Christian community promoting life in abundance, wellbeing and dignity for all.
St James’s Piccadilly has been at the heart of its community since 1684. We invite you to play your part in securing this historic place for generations to come.
The work of St James’s, it costs us £5,000 per day to enable us to keep our doors open to all who need us.
A reimagined St James’s realised. A redesigned garden, courtyard and new building capacity—all fully accessible— will provide beautiful spaces for all as well as improving our environmental performance.
Whether shooting a blockbuster TV series or creating a unique corporate event, every hire at St James’s helps our works within the community.
St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9LL
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We are committed to being a church in which people flourish.
Safeguarding at St James’s is about proactively and collaboratively building a church in which everyone is invited to belong and to flourish. We strive to reduce or remove risks to people’s safety, and to provide a supportive and open-hearted space for every person. This includes policies and protocols on how we engage and support people within and beyond the congregation.
We do our best to be accountable and supportive together as a parish church, through recruitment and staff management policies and procedures that minimise risk, as well as specialised training and conversations with volunteer groups and projects, and the congregation as a whole, so that safeguarding is integrated within St James’s.
Our safeguarding ethos and practices reflect our commitment to prioritising the needs and safety of every person who may be at risk of harm. We believe that we all have a responsibility and moral duty to act when we have concerns, and we all have the right for our concerns to be heard. Safeguarding concerns are addressed using clear policy and procedures, some of which relate to legal obligations for those responding to and managing concerns.
If you would like to learn more about safeguarding at St James’s, our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Charley Matthews. Our Children’s Champion is Frith Taylor. If you have any concerns, please email safeguarding@sjp.org.uk.
Below, you’ll find our detailed policy and procedure documents that articulate and guide our church’s safeguarding practices. These also contain links and signposting to useful external resources and contact details for relevant external agencies if you would like further information or support regarding safeguarding at St James’s and beyond.
If you want to learn more about our policies and practice on Safeguarding, you can read or download relevant documents from the drop-down menu in this section.
SJP Safeguarding Policy
SJP Safeguarding Policy and Procedures Handbook
CofE Parish Safeguarding Handbook
SJP Safeguarding Policy Statement
Contacts
City of Westminster – Safeguarding Concerning Children
City of Westminster – Safeguarding Concerning Adults
Emergency and out-of-hours team
