A quick reminder to register for our upcoming “Safeguarding Speaks…” webinar series. Find out more about each session, including how to book your place.
This is a quick reminder that Age UK will be marking Safeguarding Adults Week 2022 with a webinar series called “Safeguarding Speaks…”. Hosted by Carrie Bower from Age UK’s Safeguarding Team, we’re running a series of quick lunchtime webinars where we will interview a range of external professionals, and you’ll have an opportunity to ask questions afterwards. You can now book your place at these sessions below.
Monday 21 November | 12:30-13:00 | Safeguarding Speaks… to Age UK’s Safeguarding Team
At our first Safeguarding Speaks… session, you’ll meet Sam, Julie, and Carrie from Age UK’s Safeguarding Team. We’ll tell you who we are and what we do, as well as outlining some safeguarding themes and risks we are seeing emerge at Age UK. We’ll also discuss what to expect from the week’s webinars.
Tuesday 22 November | 12:30-13:00 | Safeguarding Speaks… to Hourglass
Hourglass (Formerly Action on Elder Abuse) is the only UK-wide charity working solely to call time on harm, abuse, and exploitation of older people. Hourglass have a wide range of services for older victims of all forms of abuse and will be launching a new partnership with Age UK’s Safeguarding team during Safer Ageing week, which commences on 28th November. CEO Richard and Deputy CEO Veronica will talk about the services available to older people and what we hope to achieve from our new partnership.
To find out more about Hourglass here.
Safeguarding Speaks… to PEGS
PEGS was set up due to the lack of provisions for parents and caregivers experiencing domestic abuse from their child (including adult offspring). In this session, we’ll speak to Michelle John, the Founder & CEO of PEGS.
Find out more about PEGS here.
Meeting Recording:
Due to scheduling issues, we have had to record this interview ahead of time, so this will no longer be a live webinar and you can watch the full recording here. This link to this recording is available to stream for a month but you can download the file and share it with colleagues across the network.
Thursday 24 November | 12:30-13:00 | Safeguarding Speaks… to Daphne Franks
Daphne will tell us about her mother, Joan. After Joan’s death in 2016, Daphne and her family discovered that a man, much younger than Joan had secretly married her. Joan was 91, had dementia and a terminal illness. These events had a devastating effect on their family. Daphne has discovered a huge lack of safeguarding for people who lack mental capacity, when marrying. She will speak to us about her campaign to ensure better protection against such predatory marriage and the changes needed to prevent this from happening to others.
Find out more about Daphne’s work here.
Meeting recording:
Due to scheduling issues, we have had to record this interview ahead of time, so this will no longer be a live webinar and you can watch the full recording here. This link to this recording is available to stream for a month but you can download the file and share it with colleagues across the network.
Friday 25 November | 12:30-13:00 | Safeguarding Speaks… to Amanda Warburton-Wynn
Amanda works for Cambridgeshire County Council as part of the Domestic Abuse & Sexual Violence Partnership and is also an independent researcher and consultant specialising in older survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence. Recent pieces of work include developing and implementation of an older people’s risk assessment for domestic abuse which is used locally, and publication of a research paper highlighting sexual abuse of older people by hospital staff. Amanda is also a finalist in the 2022 Women Achieving Greatness in Social Care Awards.
Find out more about Amanda’s work here.
These webinars are available to all Age UK colleagues across the network. It will be an opportunity for us all to come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues, start conversations and raise awareness.
Q & A Sessions
During the webinars we will invite attendees to ask questions. We will ask you to raise your hand, when prompted you be invited to turn your microphone & camera on to ask a question. We won’t be using the chat box. If you prefer to submit a question ahead of time you can do this by emailing safeguardingteam@ageuk.org.uk and Carrie will read out your question. Most speakers have agreed to be recorded for their interviews, but we won’t record the open Q & A session.