Digital Confidence for Safer Communities

Digital Confidence for Safer Communities: Where Good Digital Skills Meet Effective Safeguarding

Based on research from church and Christian organisations, we've identified a need to bring together the important topics of digital skills and safeguarding together in one workshop. The aim is to help you develop confidence with digital skills and how to safeguard your communities when engaging online.

This workshop builds on existing safeguarding practices and will show you how to apply to digital spaces that you may already be familiar with i.e. WhatsApp, Zoom/Teams meetings. We'll also talk about the rise or new digital platforms and tools and how to assess what tools should be adopted for your type of organisation activity.

Who is the workshop for?

• Church and faith-based organisation leaders
• Charity and non-profit staff and volunteers
• Community group coordinators
• Anyone working with vulnerable people in an online capacity

What You'll Gain

By the end of this session, you'll feel confident using digital tools safely and have clear protocols for common online safeguarding situations. We'll also provide a session recording (available for download) and a Includes: Session recording + Digital Skills & Safeguarding PDF guide to share with your church or Christian organisation.

Vernette John-Joiles is an accredited CPD trainer and digital strategy specialist with a mission to support leaders and communities in the nonprofit and faith sectors. As founder of Digging into Digital, she combines over 15 years of business and leadership experience with a deep passion for making digital learning accessible, relevant, and practical.

Vernette helps organisations build confidence in digital tools, navigate transformation, and develop inclusive strategies that reflect their values.

Hannah brings 15 years of expertise to churches, community groups, charities, and corporates through her consultancy and freelance services.

With a warm approach and practical solutions, Hannah helps you strengthen leadership and strategy, embrace digital transformation, and deliver on quality projects and initiatives.

Drawing from her experience as a Church Leader, Youth Charity Director and Quality Assurer she’ll partner with you to improve safeguarding approaches, streamline processes and systems, and bring your vision to life with genuine care and proven results.