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It is the role of the Safeguarding Board to set the strategic direction for safeguarding and to carry out core functions in relation to multi-agency safeguarding. 

Safeguarding children

Children could be at risk of abuse in a family, institutional or community setting, by those known to them or, more rarely, by a stranger.

Safeguarding adults

Adult abuse is wrong and can happen to anyone who is 18 years of age or over.

Latest news

  • National Safeguarding Week 2026

    This year’s National Safeguarding Week will be held between the 9th – 13th November. This year’s programme has been developed around the theme of “Safeguarding Fundamentals” and brings together a diverse range of learning opportunities for professionals working across children and adult safeguarding. The programme includes sessions on child sexual abuse, child criminal exploitation, online harm, substance…

  • Annual Report 2025/26

    We have published our annual report for 2025/26. It can be found here.

  • National Safeguarding Week 2025 Report

    We have published our National Safeguarding Week 2025 Report which can be found here.