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Welcome to the City of York Safeguarding Adults Board. Our website provides a wide range of useful information and resources for members of the public and professionals who may be concerned about adult abuse or neglect. You will find general information on keeping safe and how to report concerns. For professionals there is a dedicated area which provides access to a wide range of policy and practice guidance.

Safeguarding Week 2022

Following the success of our online conference last year, we are pleased to confirm that for Safeguarding Week 2022 we have gathered a line-up of fascinating safeguarding topics that will be of interest to both the public and professionals.

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A front-room filled with rubbish, bags and boxes. These are piled up everywhere.

Self Neglect
A series of hands clinging onto a chain-link fence.

Modern slavery
A gloved hand reaches out of a laptop screen and steals a wallet from the back pocket of a man's trousers.

Financial abuse
A man is behind a window crying whilst his wife is outside holding a sign saying 'Miss you'.

Neglect or
act of omission
An woman shields herself whilst a man grabs her by the wrist.

Physical abuse
A woman with her hand in a fist is striking a man who looks in pain.

Domestic abuse
A woman is pinned to a bed by a man. We can see him grabbing her by the wrist.

Sexual abuse
A young woman sits distressed whilst her husband shouts at her in the background.

Psychological abuse
Faces of four woman from different ethnic backgrounds shown in a profile view.

Discriminatory abuse
A male nurse sits in a chair using his mobile phone whilst an elderly patient calls out for help.

Organisational abuse

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  • The red shield design with blue text reading 'City of York Council'.
  • Healthwatch York Logo. The word Healthwatch York is in dark green. The letter 'e' in healthwatch has been replaced by a pink quote mark. The letter 'a' in the word 'watch' has been replaced by a light green quote mark
  • York CVS logo. The words 'York CVS' are pale green.
  • North Yorkshire Police logo. There is a golden crown sat atop a silver seven-pointed star. The words 'North Yorkshire Police are in white on a blue circle on top of the shield.
  • NHS Vale of York logo. The letters 'NHS' are white on a pale blue background. Underneath that are the words 'Vale of York' in black. There are the words 'Clinical Commissioning Group' underneath in the same blue colour as the NHS badge above.
  • NHS Tees Esk Wear Valley logo. The letters 'NHS' are white on a pale blue background. Underneath that are the words 'Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys'. Underneath that are the words 'NHS Foundation Trust' in the same blue colour as the NHS badge above.
  • NHS York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals logo. The letters 'NHS' are white on a pale blue background. Underneath that are the words 'York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals'Z. Underneath that are the words 'NHS Foundation Trust' in the same blue colour as the NHS badge above.
  • Humber Coast and Vale logo. There is a section of black skyline with a dark cyan sky above it. The sky is shaped as a dome. The words 'Humber, Coast and Vale' are in white on the black skyline.