This is the eleventh Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hate crime report, and brings together information on CPS performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older person and disability hate crime. Underlying data contained in this report can be found in the data section of the CPS website (www.cps.gov.uk)
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Combating Loneliness; A Guide for Local Authorities
The Local Government Association (LGA), in partnership with the Campaign to End Loneliness and Age UK, have produced Combating Loneliness; A Guide for Local Authorities.
Over 9 million people in the UK across all adult ages – more than the population of London – are either always or often lonely. Half a million older people go at least five or six days a week without seeing or speaking to anyone at all.
If you know someone is lonely or socially isolated, they may be vulnerable, or open to forms of abuse, such as mate crime. There is help and resources available to them. The HSAB campaign for 2019 addresses loneliness and social isolation. For more information visit Connect to Support Hampshire or to report a concern, please contact Hampshire Adults Health & Care on 0300 555 1386.
Click on the links below to view and/or download the posters for the 2019 Loneliness and Social Isolation Campaign:
National Safeguarding Adults Week – 18th to 24th November 2019
National Safeguarding Adults Week – 18th to 24th November 2019
Safeguarding Adults Boards across the country will be hosting National Safeguarding Adults Week on the 18th – 24th November 2019. The 4 Local Safeguarding Adults Boards pan Hampshire and the IOW will be supporting the week.
As well as any local initiatives that week there will be a national push on the following topics:
- Modern Slavery
- Self Neglect
- Domestic Abuse
- Transforming Care
- Safeguarding adults in sport and activity
Further information about National Safeguarding Adults Week can be found here. Resources will be available from the Ann Craft Trust via the above link to promote the event.
You can engage with events taking place on social media with the hashtag #SafeguardingAdultsWeek. The HSAB will be supporting the national topics using the normal social media channels:
Twitter – @hsab_hampshire
Facebook Page – Hampshire Safeguarding Adults Page
Locally, we will be launching the Hoarding protocol, which is being coordinated and led by Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) on 18th November 2019. We are also launching our new 4 local safeguarding board animated scribe video on the 18th. Our local resources can be found on Keeping Safe pages.
Unidentified Adults
The term ‘Unidentified Adults’ refers to an adult who agencies are not aware of, or not engaging with. They could be living within a household where children live or with someone who has regular contact with children. This can be in any capacity (such as parent, partner, grandparents, non-family member etc.)
The risk of not engaging effectively with adults who have regular contact with children or live within the family home includes understanding:
- What the child’s main caregiver and other family members might be saying about the ‘Unidentified Adults’ role within the family
- The positive contribution which they might make to the needs and welfare of the child
- What support they may offer to the family, including caring for children
- Any risks which they might present.
The following resources have been produced to assist workers in this area:
Hate Crime Reporting App Now Available Across Hampshire and Isle of Wight
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire & the Isle of Wight and Southampton’s Hate Crime Network have teamed up to make Southampton’s hate crime reporting app available to all Hampshire and Isle of Wight residents.
This week’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week (12th-19th October) sees the app being updated with details of more than 70 Third Party Reporting Centres, which will give victims of hate crime anywhere in the Hampshire Constabulary policing area easy access to their nearest reporting centre. Third Party Reporting Centres are independent of the police and offer confidential support to victims of hate crime, including reporting and signposting to specialist support services.
The hate crime reporting app was originally launched last year by a partnership of 29 organisations in Southampton as part of a community-wide anti-hate campaign.
The app, which is available to download on Google Play and Apple, allows its users to immediately report a hate crime to the nearest third-party reporting centre. Users can also use the app to learn more about what a hate crime is and the types of hate crimes that can occur. A list of all Third Party Reporting Centres as well as detailed information about hate crime for the public and also businesses and organisations is available on the Commissioner’s website.
Reducing Parental Conflict: Free Professional Development / Training Opportunity
Free multi agency Reducing Parental Conflict training is now available in Hampshire. Please see the E-Flier below for further details, including how to book onto the training.
Are you working with families where parental conflict is a concern?
The Reducing Parental Conflict Training Programme (RPCP) is part of the Government’s commitment to reducing conflict between parents – whether they are together or separated.
What is parental conflict?
Evidence shows that parental conflict puts children’s mental health and long-term future life chances at risk, regardless of whether the parents are together or separated, or are biologically related to the child, such as in blended or foster families.
Who should attend?
Any professional working with children, young people and families is well placed to be able to spot, intervene and support families where there is conflict in the relationship of parents, whether they are birth parents or step-parents or carers.
Why attend?
Quite simply, for the benefit of vulnerable children and young people whose lives you are helping to improve. Parental conflict is known to be a risk factor for poor child outcomes, particularly when conflict is frequent, intense and poorly resolved.
Please promote this training amongst your staff/agency. The training is available via both half day face to face sessions across Hampshire and E Learning. Please direct any queries to cs.nominations@hants.gov.uk or call 01962 715669.
Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership Annual Report
The 2018/19 Annual Report, and summary/infographic, for the Hampshire Safeguarding Children Board (HSCB) has now been published and can be viewed below. This will be the last such report published by the HSCB as local safeguarding has now transferred to the Safeguarding Partners and Relevant Agencies (September 2019). These documents provide an overview of safeguarding activity carried out between April 2018 and March 2019.
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults at Risk in the NHS: Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework
The first joint NHS England and NHS Improvement Safeguarding Accountability and Assurance Framework (SAAF) has just been published. This framework builds on its predecessor by strengthening the NHS commitment to promoting the safety, protection and welfare of children, young people and adults.
This framework has been developed in partnership with other organisations and professional bodies. It is intended to clarify the roles and responsibilities of those we work with in a system that is developing rapidly. In addition, it provides the flexibility needed at local level to support professional practice and the partnerships needed to promote healthy behaviours to keep individuals and communities safe from harm.
Safeguarding Children, Young People and Adults at Risk in the NHS
CPS hate crime newsletter – issue 22 – Published August 2019
The latest issue of the CPS Hate Crime Newsletter can now be downloaded from the CPS website here:
If you would like to contribute to the next issue, which will be published in November, please contact HateCrime.Policy@cps.gov.uk
Please feel free to share this newsletter wider.
Learning from Tragedies
In 2017, 5,507 deaths in England were directly attributable to alcohol, an increase of 11% since 2006, while hospital admissions caused primarily by alcohol were 17% higher over the same period. The total number of hospital admissions for which alcohol was a factor was close to one million, or about 7% of all hospital admissions. Serious cuts to alcohol treatment services are making things worse, with many people in desperate need of support falling through the gaps.
Vulnerable adults are particularly at risk. They can be deeply affected by alcohol, whether as a heavy drinker themselves or as someone who is negatively affected by another person’s drinking.
This report covers an in-depth analysis of 11 Safeguarding Adult Reviews (SARs) published in England in 2017 in which alcohol was identified as being a significant factor in the person’s life and/or death.
Cyberstalking training – FREE TRAINING EVENT
Please see information below on a free training event on Cyber Stalking that is being run by Aurora New Dawn. Several dates are available, and bookings can be made through Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cyberstalking-awareness-training-tickets-65402973053
Please share this event within your organisations and wider contacts as appropriate.
Affiliated Football LADO Information leaflet
Please see below the refreshed 2019 Affiliated Football LADO Information leaflet, which provides LADO’s with a topline insight into affiliated football, safeguarding within the game and an overview of The FA’s Case Management process.
Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board SAR publication – May 2019
The Portsmouth Safeguarding Adults Board has just published a Safeguarding Adults Review of “Mr D”. This review considered the care and support in Portsmouth provided by agencies between 2012 and 2017 to a young man with a learning disability. Key themes identified included transition, mental capacity, MSP, professional curiosity, and the need for a family approach.
The executive summary report and briefing for practitioners is available on the PSAB website here: http://www.portsmouthsab.uk/scrs-2/
This will be added to the SCIE SAR library in due course.
Safe Car Wash app
The Safe Car Wash app is a new tool that will enable the largest community intelligence gathering exercise ever attempted in the United Kingdom.
Download the free app onto your smartphone. When you are using a hand car wash, simply open the app and complete a short survey about the working conditions of the car wash.
The app will ask a series of questions related to the indicators of modern slavery and if there is a high likelihood that modern slavery is occurring in the hand car wash, you will be asked to report your concerns to the Modern Slavery Helpline. The data the app collects will be anonymised and shared with the National Crime Agency and the Gangmasters & Labour Abuse Authority, two law enforcement agencies who are leading on efforts to stamp out modern slavery across the UK.
Further information and a link to download the app can be found here:
Service Announcement from Yellow Door (April 2019)
Yellow Door and Southampton Women’s Aid have merged into one specialist charity committed to preventing and responding to domestic and sexual abuse. There are no significant changes envisaged any to services other than that they will all now come under the umbrella of Yellow Door. Any further relevant changes will be communicated as they arise, but for the time being all contact details for both services remain.unchanged.
Please pass on this communication to your relevant teams and contacts as appropriate.
If you have any questions, then please contact Yellow Door at:
t: 02380 636312
HSAB Multi-Agency Safeguarding Training Programme 2019-20 (Published March 2019)
The HSAB Multi-Agency Safeguarding Training Programme for 2019-20 has now been published. Details of courses available, and how to book a place, can be found on the Browse and Book Courses page of the HSAB website here:
Family Approach Protocol
The Family Approach Protocol has been commissioned by the 4 Safeguarding Children Boards (4LSCBs) and 4 Safeguarding Adult Boards (4LSABs) in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton. The protocol was commissioned in response to findings from a range of reviews across all Board’s which highlight the need for professionals to work effectively together to achieve better outcomes for adults, children and their families across all areas.
The information in this toolkit has been jointly developed by the 4LSCBs and 4LSABs. It is free to access and available to all practitioners from any agency / organisation working with children, adults with care and support needs, and their families across the areas.
Click here to access the toolkit
The Protocol is also available in Large Print
4LSAB Multi-Agency Hoarding Guidance – Published January 2019
4LSAB Multi-Agency Hoarding Guidance has now been published. The document sets out a framework for collaborative multi-agency working across Hampshire using a ‘person centred solution’ based model to support those demonstrating hoarding behaviours.
The purpose of this guidance is to support providers, practitioners, and other professionals to identify when to raise concerns regarding poor self care or lack of care for living conditions, identify agencies who can provide support and set out what they may expect by way of a response and encourage and support defensible decision making in accordance with our duty of care. This guidance should be read in conjunction with the Hampshire 4LSAB Multi-Agency Safeguarding Policy.
The 4LSAB Multi-Agency Hoarding Guidance can be viewed here:
HSAB Annual Report 2017 – 2018 Published (December 2018)
HSAB has published its annual report for 2017/18. This outlines the activities undertaken by the Board over the past year to enable it to fulfil its statutory responsibilities regarding the strategic development and oversight of adult safeguarding across Hampshire. The report highlights the Board’s progress and achievements in delivering its strategic priorities and objectives and provides a review of its business plan highlighting challenges and also key achievements. It also outlines the areas requiring focus for the coming year.
The report can be found by clicking the link below:
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