Safeguarding Adults Week 2022

This week marks the Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Adults Week. This year there is a different safeguarding focus for each day of the week, enabling organisations to share information and raise awareness of a variety of safeguarding issues.

You can find out more about what is happening this week at www.anncrafttrust.org or via their social media channels.

In support of Safeguarding Adults Week, and to raise awareness of adult safeguarding across Sussex, we have been working with our colleagues in East Sussex and Brighton & Hove to create a suite of resources for use by professionals, community groups and organisations, and members of the public. You can now download and print each of these resources from our website, with printed resources to follow shortly.

Please do support us to raise awareness of adult safeguarding by sharing these resources widely. We hope that having consistent resources across Sussex will make it easier for those agencies who come into contact with people living across Sussex.

Safeguarding leaflet

First up, we have updated the Pan Sussex Adult Safeguarding leaflet. This leaflet is designed primarily for use with members of the public, and includes information regarding who might need safeguarding, as well as definitions of 'care and support needs' and 'mental capacity', and the types of abuse and neglect someone might experience.

The leaflet explains how to refer concerns about adult abuse and neglect to the relevant local authority, and brief information about what might happen after a concern is raised. 

Download this leaflet from our website.

What is a Safeguarding Adults Board poster

Next up, we have created a poster for professionals, and community groups and organisations, explaining what a Safeguarding Adults Board is, what we do, and where to find out more information about your local Safeguarding Adults Board. 

We recommend displaying this poster somewhere that is accessible to everyone in your organisation or community group, such as a staff room or kitchen area.

Download this poster from our website.

Safeguarding adults poster trilogy

Last, but by no means least, we have created a suite of three posters, aimed at both members of the public and professionals, community groups and organisations. Each of these posters is designed to raise awareness of adult safeguarding, and to signpost people to the relevant local authority to report concerns. 

The text on these three posters remains the same, so please do choose the poster(s) you wish to display based on the imagery you feel will resonate with your audience.

Download these posters from our website.

NEW: Easy Read Annual Report 2021/22

We are pleased to let you know that we have now published an easy read version of our latest annual report. You can find the easy read version alongside our other published annual reports on our website.

As this is our first time publishing an easy read version of our annual report, we would love to hear your feedback. So, please do let us know your thoughts; email SafeguardingAdultsBoard@westsussex.gov.uk.