WGSB Programme of Events for National Safeguarding Week

About the West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board

The West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board (WGSB)
was established to promote, inform and support multi agency safeguarding for Children and Adults across Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.

We are the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how organisations will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of Children and Adults living in the region.

The WGSB is a multi-agency forum, which brings together representatives of each of the main agencies and professionals who are responsible for helping to protect Children and Adults from abuse and neglect.

The WGSB is responsible for agreeing on how the different services and professional groups should co-operate to safeguard children and Adults, and for making sure that arrangements work effectively in bringing about better outcomes for Children and Adults in West Glamorgan.

Take a look at our website for further information including safeguarding Policies www.wgsb.wales

Chairs of the West Glamorgan Safeguarding Board

David Howes
Director of Social Services
Swansea Council

Andrew Jarrett
Director of Social Services
Neath Port Talbot Council

Eve Davis
Superintendent
South Wales Police

Paul Stuart Davies
Assistant Director of Nursing, Corporate Services
Swansea Bay University Health Board

Our Vision
To ensure that Children, Young People and Adults in West Glamorgan are protected and prevented from becoming at risk of abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm. The Boards will engage with, listen to and hear the views of Children, Young People and Adults.
Safeguarding involves both the protection of Children and Adults at risk from abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm and preventing them from becoming at risk of abuse, neglect or other kinds of harm.

Our Terms of Reference

WGSB BOARD TOR 2021.docx

Creating Safe Spaces for everyone

This years National Safeguarding week, the WGSBs' would like to focus on Creating Safe Spaces for everyone. Whether you're young, or elderly having a Safe Space where you feel comfortable and treated with dignity and respect is part of safeguarding.

The term safe space refers to places/spaces "intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.

Safeguarding means protecting people's health, wellbeing and human rights, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. It's fundamental to high-quality health and social care.

Please look at the programme to see what events are taking place to support safeguarding week.

Our Programme!

The 13th-17th November is National Safeguarding Week 2023!

The aim of Safeguarding Week is to raise awareness about safeguarding because everyone has a role
to play in keeping people safe from harm. And to educate people about the signs and dangers of abuse or neglect and to encourage organisations to have vital conversations and share safeguarding resources.

Safeguarding is about protecting children and adults from abuse or neglect and educating those
around them to recognise the signs and dangers.

Safeguarding should be a priority for all organisations,
voluntary, statutory and charities, especially those that work with children, young people and adults at risk.

The WGSB will focus on the theme 'Creating Safe Spaces for everyone’. The whole week is jam-packed full of meetings, webinars and activities across each safeguarding board area with the aim of raising
awareness of safeguarding and sharing best practices. so go take a look, and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact the Business Unit wgsb@npt.gov.uk

1. English WGSB Programme of events for National Safeguarding Board 2023.docx

Safer Swansea Safe Place Scheme!

Swansea Council’s Community Safety Team have launched a pilot Safe Place scheme throughout Gowerton and Gorseinon.The scheme will help create safe environments throughout Swansea. Reduce fear of
crime and encourage the reporting of all criminal activity and anti-social behaviour.

A Safe Place training package has been developed which will be distributed to participating premises. Once this training is completed and signed off by all staff members a poster will be erected to confirm their participation. Each premises will also receive a report sheet to log any incidents and demands.

Paul Evans (Community Safety Coordinator) say’s “The businesses in Gowerton and Gorseinon are very keen and willing to participate in this scheme. It’s important that everyone plays an active part in making communities and neighbourhoods safe for all. This scheme will benefit all members of society from the young person who may feel threatened to the elderly person who may just need a rest and a little reassurance. Trained staff at each Safe Place will be able to help the person find a solution to what they are experiencing and can contact someone to assist them. I am sure this scheme will be a success and fantastic work has been done by our partners to get it all off the ground”.

SWP Insp Simon Trick says "We are extremely pleased to be a part of this initiative. The Safe Place Scheme
identifies places in the community where people can go for help if they feel unsafe. Creating these safe places in our community is a valued opportunity to promote safeguarding and sign posting to those people that need it”.

The pilot scheme will run for three months in Gorseinon and Gowerton before being assessed. If deemed successful the intention will be to expand the scheme to
cover every ward in Swansea.

More info visit: Swansea Spaces - Swansea

community.safety@swansea.gov.uk

HOPE

Hope are a care experienced girls rights group who wanted to raise awareness of sexual harassment and fight for safer spaces in npt. with funding from plan uk the girls organised Krav Maga self defence classes for girls and female staff, went axe throwing where they made a fire pit and burnt bad names and harassment they have received, painted wetsuits with sexual harassment they have experienced and walked through a waterfall to wash it off, worked with a photographer to capture our feelings and experiences, we've even been on BBC news to share all the great work. The group were invited to London to showcase their project to girls rights groups from across the country and we finally displayed all the images and videos in an art exhibition in base 15.