The Care and Health Improvement Programme (CHIP) funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and delivered by the Local Government Association (LGA) in association with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) has a national workstream on safeguarding adults and homelessness. This is an important piece of work and from […]

Anti-Slavery Day takes place on Monday 18 October and the North Yorkshire and York Modern Slavery Partnership are asking people to consider three questions, in a bid to unlock slavery. The Partnership, which brings together key agencies who work with communities and front line workers to raise awareness of and prevent modern slavery, are asking […]

Hate Crime Awareness Week is a national week (9th October – 16th October 2021) of action to encourage local authorities, key partners and communities affected by hate crime to work together to tackle local hate crime issues. The countywide Inclusive Communities Joint Coordinating Group, formally the Hate Crime Working Group, will utilise this week, Monday 11th October – Friday 15th October, to promote and raise awareness on […]

Creating Hope Through Action Thursday 9th September – 1:00pm – 2:00pm To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, which takes place on Friday 10th September, the NYSAB, North Yorkshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (NYSCP) and North Yorkshire Community Safety Partnership will be hosting a webinar on Suicide Prevention on Thursday 9th September. This year’s theme is Creating […]

Safeguarding Week 2021 Ordinarily we would have spent the past 6 months planning for lots of face-to-face events taking place locally across the county, and of course hosting a large conference for safeguarding professionals as part of the Safeguarding Week campaign. But these are not ordinary times and as the restrictions imposed by the  Coronavirus […]

A virtual, online conference will take place between Monday 21 and Friday 25 June, to mark Safeguarding Week 2021. Partners from Safeguarding Adults Boards, Children’s Safeguarding Partnerships, Community Safety Partnerships across North Yorkshire, the City of York and East Riding have come together and developed an extensive programme of learning events, seminars and interactive sessions […]

Volunteers Week takes place between 1st – 7th June every year. It’s a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution volunteers make to our communities and say thank you. The national campaign is ran by Volunteers’ Week (https://volunteersweek.org/) and there’s lots of resources and information about how you, your organisation and communities can get involved (see […]

As part of the North Yorkshire, York & East Riding #SafeguardingWeek2021 campaign we are creating a virtual market place to showcase the services & support provided by partners & local organisations we work with. This can be an introductory video to the services you offer, some ‘how to’ recordings, podcasts or any resources you feel […]

This survey is being conducted in order to identify the learning and training needs of social care colleagues in relation to the Mental Capacity Act 2005. The information will be used to help design a Mental Capacity Masterclass, which will aim to refresh and improve knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, and how it […]