National Safeguarding Week 17th – 21st November 2025

Today’s theme is about proactive intervention – about the good things we can do, as individuals and organisations, to create safer environments that actively work to prevent abuse.  How can sport clubs, community groups and other organisations build inclusive and resilient environments in which people look out for each other? How can we amplify individual voices to reduce the risk of harm, neglect and isolation?

But just because we’re changing the conversation, it does not mean that we’re forgetting the importance of recognising poor practice to prevent it from escalating.

How does prevention work in practice? What role should leadership play in setting the tone and building more supportive environments? Today we’re inviting you to consider the role of good governance in shifting behaviours towards safer cultures, with a focus on values-based recruitment and meaningful training.  We’re also exploring the difference between a complicit culture, a compliant culture and a genuinely confident and competent culture.

On this day we will explore how empathy, understanding, co-production and positive risk-taking can help create trauma informed approaches.  This can support staff to feel confident in enabling and empowering individuals.

Today’s theme is all about how we can build our courage and resilience as individuals to speak out.  To do this, we will look at organisational and individual tools that help develop supportive cultures in which good safeguarding practices can thrive.

On the last day of Safeguarding Adults Week, we want to shine a spotlight on examples of good practice, so that we can illustrate what we mean by “safer cultures”.  So we want you to shout about your success stories.  We want to hear stories of positive outcomes, constructive conversations, exciting initiative and fruitful partnerships.