St Paul's Policies

At St Paul’s, we want everyone who comes through our doors or visits online to feel welcome, safe, and valued. This page brings together the key policies that help us look after one another and keep our parish running smoothly as a caring community.

Here you’ll find: our Accessibility Statement, explaining how we make our website easy for everyone to use. our Cookies Notice, outlining the essential website cookies we use and our approach to privacy our Safeguarding Policy, showing our commitment to protecting children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
Each policy is written to be clear, open, and reassuring. If you have any questions or need support with anything you read here, the parish office will always be happy to help.

Safeguarding – St Paul’s Catholic Church, Alnwick

The Parish operates in accordance with Statutory Safeguarding Guidance

The Parish operates in accordance with Statutory Safeguarding Guidance and the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA), as well as the policies and procedures of the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle.

Parish Safeguarding Representative

Pam Slater

📞 07976 851 470

Diocesan Safeguarding Team

📞 0191 243 3305

✉ safeguarding@diocesehn.org.uk

The diocesan safeguarding policy can be viewed on the parish noticeboard or online:

→ View Diocese Safeguarding Policy PDF

Last updated: 1 December 2025

Accessibility Statement – St Paul’s Catholic Church, Alnwick

St Paul’s parish is committed to making its website accessible to all visitors, in keeping with our mission to welcome everyone into the life of the Church.

This website is designed to conform as closely as possible to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at Level AA. We regularly review the site against these standards.

Key accessibility features include:

Clear, hierarchical headings and logical reading order
Descriptive alternative text for images where appropriate
Sufficient colour contrast for text and interactive elements
All functionality available via keyboard (no mouse required)
Resizable text up to 200 % without loss of content or function
Forms and controls that are clearly labelled and easy to use
Consistent navigation across all pages

We acknowledge that some older pages, embedded videos, or attached PDF documents (e.g., parish newsletters) may not yet fully meet these standards. These are being reviewed and updated on an ongoing basis.

How to contact us if you experience difficulty

We warmly invite you to let us know if anything on the site is hard to use or understand.

Parish office

📞 01665 602012

✉ stpaul.alnwick@diocesehn.org.uk

We will do everything we reasonably can to help, including providing information in alternative formats such as large-print, audio, or by post.

This Accessibility Statement was last updated on 29 November 2025

Cookies Notice – St Paul’s Catholic Church, Alnwick

This website uses the minimum possible cookies and only those that are strictly necessary for the site to function correctly.

What we use (essential cookies only):

• Session cookies that remember your candle-lighting intention while you fill in the form

• Security cookies that help protect forms from abuse

• Basic functionality cookies so the site works properly on all devices

What we do NOT use:

• No analytics or tracking cookies (e.g., Google Analytics, Matomo)

• No advertising cookies

• No social-media tracking pixels (Facebook, Twitter/X, etc.)

• No third-party cookies of any kind

We do not collect or share any personal data with external organisations. Your privacy is respected at all times.

By continuing to use oremusdeo.co.uk you consent to the use of these strictly necessary cookies. Because they are essential, they cannot be turned off without breaking core parts of the site.

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