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By Laura Watson / 27 Feb 2024

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carers

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Carers - developing a future cross-Government National Carers Strategy Introduction - developing a future National Carers...

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By Nicola Hedly-Sinton / 20 Oct 2023

Establishing Modern Slavery Risk Assessment and Due Diligence in Adult Social Care: A Commissioning Officer’s Guide

Earlier this month (10 October) the Local Government Association and University of Nottingham Rights Lab jointly published a newly released...

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By Nicola Hedly-Sinton / 18 Oct 2023

National Young Onset Dementia Day #YODA

National Young Onset Dementia Day #YODA Hopefully you are aware of National Young Onset Dementia Day 24th October #YODA and...

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By Nicola Hedly-Sinton / 13 Oct 2023

Have your say on what should be done to stop violence against women and girls

Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Zoë Metcalfe, in partnership with local organisations, has launched a new online survey to gather the...

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By Nicola Hedly-Sinton / 13 Oct 2023

Commissioner announces NEW funding to help prevent and tackle serious violence in York and North Yorkshire 

Police, Fire, and Crime Commissioner Zoë Metcalfe, in partnership with local organisations, is offering communities an opportunity to apply for...

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By Nicola Hedly-Sinton / 12 Oct 2023

Anti-Slavery Day 18th October 2023

Anti-Slavery Day 18th October 2023 What is Anti-Slavery Day 18th October?The National Anti-Slavery Day 18th October provides an opportunity to...

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By Nicola Hedly-Sinton / 11 Oct 2023

Hate Crime Awareness Week (14th-21st October 2023)

Hate Crime Awareness Week (14th-21st October 2023) Monday 16thOnline Webinar 1: Understanding of Autism and SensoryDisorders  Dave Pascoe, Restorative Solutions16th...

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By Laura Watson / 23 Jun 2023

Alcohol Awareness Week 2023

Alcohol Awareness Week 3rd-9th July 2023 During Alcohol Awareness Week this year, North Yorkshire's Harm Reduction website DRINK DRUG HUB...

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By Laura Watson / 11 May 2023

New North Yorkshire Council Online Forms

New North Yorkshire Council (NYC) Online Forms                        Request for involvement from Adult Social Care A new online form has...

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By Laura Watson / 24 Apr 2023

Safeguarding Week 2023

Save the date for Safeguarding Week 2023 Its back. Safeguarding Week will take place between 19 – 23 June 2023....

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By Laura Watson / 20 Apr 2023

Launch of online Joint Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures website

Launch of online Joint Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures website A Joint Multi-Agency Safeguarding Adults Policy and Procedures website...

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By Laura Watson / 28 Mar 2023

Emergency Alerts – Impact on survivors of domestic abuse

On 23rd April 2023 the UK government is testing an emergency alert service that will cause mobile phones to sound an...

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By Laura Watson / 10 Nov 2022

Directors of Public Health 175th Anniversary – Public Health in North Yorkshire

Public Health in North Yorkshire webinars As part of the DPH 175 celebrations - the Public Health team in North...

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By Laura Watson / 25 Oct 2022

Allegations Against Staff and People in a Position of Trust

Allegations Against Staff and People in a Position of Trust The North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Board and North Yorkshire Safeguarding...

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By Laura Watson / 21 Oct 2022

Domestic Abuse Needs Assessment Professional and Public Surveys 

North Yorkshire County Council & City of York Council have commissioned SafeLives to undertake a domestic abuse safe accommodation needs...

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By Laura Watson / 17 Oct 2022

Anti-Slavery Day

Anti-Slavery Day 2022 The National Anti-Slavery Day 18th October provides an opportunity to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery,...

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By Laura Watson / 06 Oct 2022

Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022

Hate Crime Awareness Week 2022 Hate Crime Awareness Week is a national week (9th October – 16th October 2021) of action to encourage local...

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By Laura Watson / 23 Sep 2022

Vulnerability to Radicalisation Week 2022

Vulnerability to Radicalisation Week 2022 What is Vulnerability to Radicalisation Week 2022? Vulnerability to Radicalisation (V2R) Week is a national...

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By Laura Watson / 10 Aug 2022

Friends Against Scams – Accessible Training

Friends Against Scams - Accessible Training Friends Against Scams have worked in partnership with East Sussex County Council and East...

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By Laura Watson / 04 Aug 2022

City of York and North Yorkshire Domestic Abuse Training

City of York & North Yorkshire Domestic Abuse TrainingSafe lives, free from abuse & violence Our training has been developed...

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By Laura Watson / 30 Jun 2022

Addressing violence against women and girls in North Yorkshire & City of York

Commissioner Zoë Metcalfe: It’s time for action to address violence against women and girls in North Yorkshire and York A...

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By Laura Watson / 21 Apr 2022

Mental Health Awareness Week

Mental Health Awareness Week webinars As part of Mental Health Awareness Week campaign which takes place between Monday 9th –...

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By Laura Watson / 14 Apr 2022

Liberty Protection Safeguards

Consultation events for people with lived experience The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) are currently holding a consultation...

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By Laura Watson / 18 Mar 2022

Accessible Information Standard

North Yorkshire County Council are working in partnership with Healthwatch York and Healthwatch North Yorkshire, to ensure more people are...

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By Laura Watson / 17 Mar 2022

Safeguarding Week 2022

Save the date: Monday 20th - Friday 24th June Its back! The 2022 Safeguarding Week campaign will take place between...

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By Laura Watson / 04 Feb 2022

Safer Internet Day

What is Safer Internet Day? Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year to promote the safe and...

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By Laura Watson / 12 Jan 2022

North Yorkshire Learning Disability Partnership Board in Local Government Association Magazine

The North Yorkshire Learning Disability Partnership Board feature in the January edition of the Local Government Association (LGA) 'First' magazine....

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By Laura Watson / 26 Nov 2021

UK Disability History Month

It's UK Disability History Month (18 November until 18 December). Disability History Month is an annual event that provides a platform to...

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By Laura Watson / 19 Oct 2021

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

Modern Slavery Webinar To coincide with Anti Slavery Day 2021, Alister Bull - Training Lead for the charity Hope For...

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By Laura Watson / 15 Oct 2021

Adult safeguarding and homelessness – A briefing on Positive Practice

The Care and Health Improvement Programme (CHIP) funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and delivered by...

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By Laura Watson / 15 Oct 2021

Three questions which will help to unlock slavery

Anti-Slavery Day takes place on Monday 18 October and the North Yorkshire and York Modern Slavery Partnership are asking people...

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By Laura Watson / 08 Oct 2021

Hate Crime Awareness Week 2021

Hate Crime Awareness Week is a national week (9th October – 16th October 2021) of action to encourage local authorities, key partners and communities...

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By Laura Watson / 17 Aug 2021

Suicide Prevention webinar

Creating Hope Through Action Thursday 9th September – 1:00pm – 2:00pm To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, which takes place...

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By Laura Watson / 21 Jun 2021

Safeguarding IS everybody’s business

Safeguarding Week 2021 Ordinarily we would have spent the past 6 months planning for lots of face-to-face events taking place...

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By Laura Watson / 03 Jun 2021

Sign up for your Safeguarding Week sessions

A virtual, online conference will take place between Monday 21 and Friday 25 June, to mark Safeguarding Week 2021. Partners...

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By Laura Watson / 28 May 2021

Volunteers Week 2021

Volunteers Week takes place between 1st – 7th June every year. It’s a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers...

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By Laura Watson / 08 May 2021

Safeguarding Week 2021 – Virtual Marketplace

As part of the North Yorkshire, York & East Riding #SafeguardingWeek2021 campaign we are creating a virtual market place to...

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By Laura Watson / 22 Apr 2021

National stalking awareness week

North Yorkshire Police launch video to highlight cyberstalking As part of National stalking awareness week (April 19-23) North Yorkshire Police's...

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By Laura Watson / 24 Jan 2021

Take part in our survey: Understanding the Mental Capacity Act 2005

This survey is being conducted in order to identify the learning and training needs of social care colleagues in relation...

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By Laura Watson / 08 Nov 2020

NYSAB Annual Report

We are pleased to share with you our annual report for 2019/20 and accompanying easy read summary. You can download...

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By Laura Watson / 16 Oct 2020

North Yorkshire Safe Places

As part of Hate Crime Awareness Week 2020, Mark Hamblin, Co-Chair of the North Yorkshire Learning Disability Partnership Board speaks...

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By Laura Watson / 02 Oct 2020

Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS) Helpline

IDAS Helpline We continue to see a significant increase in the use of the IDAS helpline (see headlines above). A...

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By Laura Watson / 11 Aug 2020

Domestic Abuse Multi-agency partnership video on coercive and controlling behaviour

The North Yorkshire Domestic Abuse Partnership have produced a video on coercive and controlling behaviour Below is the link to...

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By Laura Watson / 19 Jun 2020

Safeguarding Week 2020

In 2019, we marked Safeguarding Awareness week by holding lots of local events across the county and a large conference...

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Mental Health Awareness Week 2020
By Laura Watson / 18 May 2020

Mental Health Awareness Week – Kindness Matters

Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, the 2020 Mental Health Awareness Week has a theme of kindness. In a time...

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By Laura Watson / 29 Apr 2020

SAB Easy Read Minutes

As part of our commitment to become a fully inclusive & accessible SAB & produce information that is accessible to...

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By Laura Watson / 29 Apr 2020

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking during COVID-19

We have brought together a number of resources relating to Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking that you can access on...

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By Laura Watson / 01 Apr 2020

NYSAB Newsletter – March Edition

Our quarterly newsletter is now available to view, download and share It highlights some of the work the SAB has...

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By Laura Watson / 01 Apr 2020

Safeguarding Adults During COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Safeguarding Adults During COVID-19 (Coronavirus) We have created a dedicated page for Safeguarding Adults During COVID-19 (Coronavirus) This page includes...

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By Laura Watson / 18 Mar 2020

Information about IDAS services

IDAS will work to fully safeguard our clients, staff and stakeholders during this uncertain and challenging time. We will continue...

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By Haydn ReesJones / 21 Oct 2019

How you can help to tackle Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

North Yorkshire Police and our safeguarding partners are raising awareness about the disturbing issue of modern slavery and how everyone can play a part to tackle it locally.

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By Haydn ReesJones / 18 Oct 2019

Don’t turn away: Help us stop modern slavery

While slavery is supposed to have stopped nearly 200 years ago, tens of thousands of people are in modern slavery in the UK today. Today, on Anti-Slavery Day 2019 (18 October), we’re asking people not to look away but report their suspicions.

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By Haydn ReesJones / 30 Sep 2019

New documents

The September 2019 edition of the Safeguarding Adults Briefing is now available from our website together with a new One Minute Guide for how to raise a Safeguarding Concern.

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By Haydn ReesJones / 10 Sep 2019

Safeguarding Adults Masterclass Slides

Copies of the slides from the Safeguarding Adults Masterclasses held in September 2019 are now available from our Resource Library...

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By Laura Watson / 13 Aug 2019

Is your organisation ready for the changes to safeguarding adults policy and procedures?

To assist North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adult Board (NYSAB) partners with the changes to the multi-agency approach to safeguarding adults a...

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By Laura Watson / 24 Jun 2019

Joint Board Values

North Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Board (NYSAB) and North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Board (NYSCB) are statutory bodies that bring together a...

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By Haydn ReesJones / 08 Jun 2019

Let’s Talk About Dementia

To help young people understand Dementia and how it may affect their loved ones Dementia UK have put together this...

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By webcertain / 07 Jun 2019

CQC’s statement on the BBC Panorama programme

Dr Paul Lelliott, Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals (lead for mental health) at the Care Quality Commission, has given CQC's...

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By webcertain / 07 Jun 2019

Domestic abuse and homelessness

According to a report by Crisis and the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Ending Homelessness, nearly 2,000 domestic abuse survivors are...

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By Haydn ReesJones / 05 Jun 2019

Herbert Protocol

The Herbert protocol is a national initiative adopted by the force which aims to provide the police with quick, detailed information about a person's background and history to help speed up the time taken to find them.

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