If you wish to offer your services as a helper please note the following;
All helpers over 18 years of age are required to hold valid Criminal Record Bureau and Diocesan Volunteer Application approvals. Helpers aged between 16 and 18 years need Volunteer Application approvals only.
If you were validated for both forms for the 2009 pilgrimage these will be accepted for 2010. New volunteers aged 18+ must complete both applications for this year. If you were a helper last year but have now reached 18 years age you need to submit a CRB form. Any person who holds both clearances from Shrewsbury Diocese for any parish ministry is not required to submit new applications. Please note that if you already possess a CRB disclosure from another organisation you are still required to complete a form from Shrewsbury Diocese, as we are a different registered body.
CRB forms are available from the Diocesan Safeguarding Office, Diocesan Curial Offices, 2 Park Road South, Prenton, Wirral CH43 4UX. Telephone 0151 652 9855. Please ask for either Anna Wise or Alison Brady. Diocesan Volunteer Application forms can be downloaded from this website.
If you have any cautions, warnings or convictions please discuss these with Pauline Butterfield, Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator, on 0151 652 9855 before submitting your booking. Any details contained in a volunteer's CRB disclosure will held in strict confidence by the Safeguarding Office.
Young helpers who are part of a parish or college group are also required to submit Code of Conduct and Parental Consent Forms. These will normally be provided by the Group Leader but can be downloaded from this page.
Registration for the new ISA regulations, effective from 26 July 2010, is not required for the 2010 pilgrimage.
Code of Conduct (Microsoft Word - 2010 Code of Conduct.pdf)
Parental Consent (Microsoft Word - 2010 Parental Consent forms.pdf)
Volunteer Application form (2010 Volunteer Application forms.pdf)