Meet the Panel

Jane Chevous - Vice Chair

Jane is a survivor of abuse including spiritual and sexual abuse by Church of England clergy. Qualified in youth & community work, social work and lifelong learning, she has 40+ years' experience in education, social care, and children's rights, in the statutory, voluntary & faith sectors. This included roles in diocesan youth & children’s work and national youth ministry training. She co-founded Survivors Voices a survivor-led organisation that undertakes peer support, research, education and activism. As a writer, Jane also leads Survivors Voices Press, their new publishing arm. She is an associate researcher with King’s College London, Jane has pioneered best practice tools in survivor involvement. Her focus is to ensure the voices of survivors play a key role in the Panel’s work. 

Andrew Bickley - National Safeguarding Panel Associate

Andrew Bickley started work as an undertaker’s assistant before joining the police service in 1984. Over a 30-year career, he rose to the rank of Assistant Chief Constable, leading safeguarding for children and adults, major firearms operations, and high-profile public order events. Andrew has received judicial and in-service commendations for bravery and leadership.

Following his career in policing, Andrew has worked as an independent consultant, specialising in leading multi-agency safeguarding partnerships, driving organisational assessments of safeguarding policy, practice and culture, and serving as a lead reviewer and published author of statutory safeguarding reviews for children and adults. He has undertaken reviews into safeguarding equality, diversity and inclusion, and the effectiveness of the Domestic Homicide Review framework. Andrew is committed to furthering the improvement of safeguarding systems both in the UK and globally.

Peter Willson - Survivor representative

Peter Willson is a qualified doctor working as a hospital Medical Director. He teaches and examines in surgical skills, is a medical expert witness, qualified Facilitative Mediator and expert on energy sources in surgery. In 2025, Peter began a Caleb Course as part of his journey towards ordination. He is a survivor representative on the NSP having suffered sexual abuse by a choir master in an Anglican parish during early adolescence. Prior to appointment on the NSP in 2023, he assisted with several national Anglican safeguarding policies. He has safeguarding experience through work, as a domestic abuse charity volunteer and Parish Safeguarding Officer. He has been married for 41 years, has two daughters, but lost their youngest to suicide in October 2023 

Kashmir Garton - Independent member

Kashmir Garton is a senior leader in the Criminal Justice System with over 30 years experience in public protection and safeguarding. She has developed policy and guidance at local and national level to improve public safety, and used learning from cases to improve practice. Her passion for creating safer communities is also evident in her work within the Church where she has contributed to debates on safeguarding in General Synod and in 2023 presented a Diocesan motion to support the rehabilitation of people in the Criminal Justice System. In 2023-24 she was Chair of the National Safeguarding Panel

Lindsey Bampton - Independent member

Lindsey is an independent member of the National Safeguarding Panel (NSP), with expertise in adult safeguarding. She began her career as a Probation Officer and is currently the manager of a safeguarding adults board (SAB) and a safeguarding children partnership (SCP). She is a member of both the National SAB Manager Network and The Association of Safeguarding Partners. Lindsey graduated from Keele University’s School of Law in January 2022 with an MA (distinction) in Safeguarding Adults: Law, Policy and Practice. She was awarded a postgraduate prize for her dissertation, and has been published in The Journal of Adult Protection. Lindsey has been an independent NSP member since November 2021.