Software profile
Parish Safeguarding Dashboard
A Church of England dashboard for safeguarding administration in parishes whose diocese takes part. It is developed by Clearly Simpler.
30-second answer
What to know before you open the full record
- What it is
- A Church of England dashboard for safeguarding administration in parishes whose diocese takes part. It is developed by Clearly Simpler.
- Contexts worth testing
- Church of England parishes in a participating diocese, Parish safeguarding officers and PCCs needing a structured administrative dashboard
- Relevant UK checks
- UK-specific evidence · UK registered
- Shortlist when
- Church of England parishes in a diocese that provides the Dashboard
- Check first
- Ask the diocesan safeguarding team whether the Dashboard is available and what records should or should not be held in it
- Evidence date
- Sources checked 25 July 2026
This is an evidence-led starting point, not a ranking or hands-on verdict. Supplier sources establish what they publish; your church should test material workflows and resolve the questions below.
Five-minute assessment
Assess the likely fit and trade-offs
Directory assessment
The Parish Safeguarding Dashboard is a specialist Church of England administration tool, not a substitute for safeguarding judgement, diocesan advice or incident-management procedures. It is particularly relevant where a participating diocese has adopted it and can provide its local access, training and data-governance arrangements.
Decision framing
Shortlist when, then check first
- Shortlist when
- Keeping parish safeguarding tasks, policy reviews and governance oversight organised
- Test in a real workflow
- Church of England-specific framework supplied through a diocesan safeguarding model
- Settle before buying
- Ask the diocesan safeguarding team whether the Dashboard is available and what records should or should not be held in it
Best suited to
- Church of England parishes in a diocese that provides the Dashboard
- Parish safeguarding officers coordinating policy, training and governance checks
Evidence-backed strengths
- Purpose-built for Church of England parish safeguarding administration
- Diocesan access and guidance model
- Structured dashboard and action-plan approach
Limitations and questions
- Availability depends on diocesan participation
- Not a replacement for professional safeguarding advice or statutory reporting
- Data, access and local policy arrangements must be agreed with the diocese
What the supplier publishes
- Safeguarding status dashboard
- Guidance and information pages for dashboard tasks
- Action-plan and report support
- Access for authorised parish and diocesan users
- Three-level safeguarding framework
What does the supplier currently publish?
Pricing and trial
The Dashboard is supplied through participating dioceses rather than as a published self-serve parish subscription. Several dioceses describe it as free to their parishes; ask the diocesan safeguarding team about local access and any funding arrangement.
Free trial: Ask the supplier about an evaluation — Access is arranged through a participating diocese; no individual parish trial is advertised.
Full due diligence
Evidence, operations and source record
Use this full record to test practical details, retain source links and take specific gaps to the supplier.
Published operations and support details
- Data protection information
- Clearly Simpler publishes a data-processing agreement for its Safeguarding Hubs. Parish Safeguarding Dashboard users should obtain the current diocesan agreement, privacy information and local controller/processor arrangements before entering personal data.
- Support
- Access and first-line support through participating diocesan safeguarding teams, Supplier contact
Sources reviewed
Sources support only the fields named beneath each link. Supplier material is not independent testing; external review material is included as a limited signal rather than a verdict.
- Safeguarding Dashboards overview
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Church of England scope, Supplier attribution, Dashboard workflow - Diocese of Oxford: Dashboard and Hub
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Supplier attribution, Parish workflow, Diocesan access model - Diocese of Portsmouth: Parish Safeguarding Dashboard
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: Participating-diocese access, Free parish access in that diocese, Authorised users - Clearly Simpler: company overview
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: UK company identity, Software-development activity - Companies House: Clearly Simpler Limited
Reviewed 25 July 2026 · Supports: UK-registered organisation
