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Safeguarding

Title	Source	Date	Page
Accompanying Survivors of Sexual Harm - Ady Shannon	Touchstone	Sep 2023	N/A
Tackling Family and Sexual Harm - A tough topic and a big job - Ady Shannon	Touchstone	Feb 2023	N/A
Methodist Church Safeguarding	Touchstone	Nov 2022	N/A
Child Law and Protection Ruby Manukia-Shaumkel	Touchstone	Apr 2021	9

Asbestos Management

Title	Source	Date	Page
Are we getting it right?	Connexions	May 2023	N/A
Asbestos Management	Webinar	Aug 2021	N/A
Asbestos Regulations since 2016	eMessenger	Feb 2020	11
Asbestos	eMessenger	Sep 2019	10
Things to Do	eMessenger	Mar 2019	13
Removing asbestos	Touchstone	Sep 2018	7
Asbestos Workshop	eMessenger	Sep 2018	14
Asbestos... again!!	eMessenger	Aug 2018	17
Asbestos Management Plans	eMessenger	Jun 2018	15
Got an Asbestos Management Plan	Touchstone	May 2018	2
Asbestos again - Sorry... it has to be done	eMessenger	Apr 2018	14
Asbestos Management Plans Looming	Touchstone	Mar 2018	2
Asbestos - the start of our journey	eMessenger	Dec 2017	12

Emergency Response Plans

Title	Source	Date	Page
Fire Evacuations - Consider your neighbours	Connexions	Apr 2025	N/A
Civil Defence Centres - an insight	Connexions	Oct 2023	N/A
The Whakaari trial and questions we should be asking	Connexions	Aug 2023	N/A
ERPs - Emergency Response Plans	Connexions	Jul 2023	N/A
Are we getting it right?	Connexions	May 2023	N/A
Fire's Big Impact	Touchstone	Jul 2023	N/A
The Alarm that Cried Wolf	Touchstone	May 2023	N/A
Approved Evacuation Plans	Webinar	Oct 2021	N/A
Creating an Emergency Response Plan	Webinar	Sep 2021	N/A
Tell Us Your Story	Touchstone	Apr 2021	7
ShakeOut 2020	eMessenger	Oct 2020	13
Further Fire Lessons	eMessenger	Sep 2020	10
Lessons - Fire	eMessenger	Aug 2020	9
Emergency Plans in Lockdown	eMessenger	Apr 2020	10
Shelter in Place Drills	Touchstone	Mar 2020	7
ShakeOut 2019	eMessenger	Oct 2019	13
Measles - when the nephew came for a visit	Touchstone	Oct 2019	7
Measles and ShakeOut 2019	eMessenger	Sep 2019	10-11
Do Not Resuscitate!, ShakeOut 2019	eMessenger	Aug 2019	8-9
Defibrillators, a Fire Story, ShakeOut 2019	eMessenger	Jul 2019	5, 10-11
Connexional Office "Lockdown" Drill	YouTube	Jul 2019	N/A
Shelter in Place	eMessenger	Jun 2019	10
AEDs Save Lives	Touchstone	Jun 2019	2
Defibrillators	eMessenger	May 2019	9
Things to Do - Incident Reporting, Emergency Response Plans	eMessenger	Mar 2019	12-13
Fire Drill a Big Success Rev Moi Kaufononga	Touchstone	Feb 2019	9
Emergency Response Teams	Touchstone	Feb 2019	7
Got your emergency response plan?	eMessenger	May 2018	10

Risk Management

Title	Source	Date	Page
But what are your critical risks?	Connexions	Jun 2025	N/A
A goal, big ticket items, initiating actions, consequences and Risk Management	Touchstone	Apr 2025	N/A
Reviews and Reflections	Touchstone	Oct 2024	N/A
Consensus and risk acceptance	Touchstone	May 2022	N/A
Incident Reporting	Webinar	Jul 2021	N/A

Property and Building Maintenance

Title	Source	Date	Page
Think about building use	Touchstone	Feb 2025	N/A
BWoFs - Building Warrants of Fitness	Connexions	Jun 2023	N/A
Are we getting it right?	Connexions	May 2023	N/A
Working with Consultants and Contractors	eMessenger	Oct 2020	12
Church roof caves in Rev I Boddy (What we don't want to happen!)	Touchstone	May 2020	2
Decorate Safely - Ladders, Lights and Flames	eMessenger	Dec 2019	10-11
Big Old Trees	eMessenger	Feb 2019	7

Caring for Mental Wellbeing

Title	Source	Date	Page
Five things	Touchstone	Aug 2025	N/A
Refill your own cup first	Touchstone	Jul 2024	N/A
Non-verbal Therapy Through a Māori Model of Health - Naomi Paekau	Touchstone	Jul 2023	N/A
A survivor shares her experience	Touchstone	Apr 2023	N/A
Are you suffering from burnout?	eMessenger	May 2021	13
Kia atawhai, Be kind	eMessenger	Apr 2021	11
Philosophy for the month	eMessenger	Jul 2018	14
What does health and safety mean to you?	eMessenger	Mar 2018	11
What is safe? Getting to ora, and pai.	Touchstone	Aug 2019	7
How are you doing?	Touchstone	Jun 2019	7

Learn about Health and Safety

Title	Source	Date	Page
Ergnomics by Design	Touchstone	Oct 2025	N/A
Health and Safety Reform in Aotearoa; An opinion	Touchstone	Jun 2025	N/A
Knowledge sharing	Touchstone	May 2024	N/A
Clear Communication	Touchstone	Mar 2024	N/A
Four year plan consultation	eMessenger	Jul 2021	9
Property, Liability and Our Standard of Care	Webinar	Jun 2021	N/A
Riding a Dead Horse	Touchstone	Jun 2021	7
Some Questions and Answers	eMessenger	Jun 2021	10
Lessons from Whakaari	eMessenger	Dec 2020	12
A Health and Safety Resource Available to you and your Parish	eMessenger	Jul 2020	11
Starting Health and Safety	eMessenger	May 2020	12
Parish Questions - Waikato/Waiariki Synod	eMessenger	Apr 2020	18
Church and Security Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Mar 2020	9
Workplace Wellbeing and the Law Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Oct 2019	10
The Importance of Health and Safety Ruby Manukia-Schaumkel	Touchstone	Jun 2019	10
Are we allowing our dedication to outweigh our safety expectations?	Touchstone	Apr 2019	7
Smokefree!	eMessenger	Dec 2018	14
My first Methodist Conference	Touchstone	Nov 2018	7
Manaaki	eMessenger	Nov 2018	13
Health and Safety Survey	eMessenger	Jun 2018	14
Governance Groups and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015!	eMessenger	Feb 2018	9-10
Mapping the Church, and Pilot Programmes	eMessenger	Dec 2017	11-12

Lessons for the Future

Title	Source	Date	Page
The Whakaari trial and questions we should be asking	Connexions	Aug 2023	N/A
What if it were true?	Touchstone	Mar 2023	N/A
Government Regulations are the Bare Minimum	Touchstone	Feb 2023	N/A
How's your water?	Touchstone	Feb 2021	7
Exploring Future Church, Different Church, Ready Church	Touchstone	Aug 2020	4
Learn, reflect and project. How might church and parishes change into the future?	Webinar	Aug 2020	#2
Future Church, Different Church, Ready Church	Webinar	Jul 2020	#1
The Taste of Words	Touchstone	Jul 2020	7
Ready Church - It's a Mindset	eMessenger	Nov 2019	12
Ready Church - Earthquakes	eMessenger	Oct 2019	11-12
Come summer, come swimming and all that it entails	Touchstone	Dec 2019	7

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