This year’s roadshow will inevitably be a bit different to usual, but this gives us the opportunity to bring the roadshow directly to your office, home, garden shed or anywhere with internet access!
The Gloucestershire Safeguarding Board and VCS Alliance are working together to provide a week of morning events from 12-16 April via MS Teams, shining a light on safeguarding during the COVID pandemic. We will have a particular focus on the Voluntary and Community Sectors contribution to keeping people safe during this challenging time. Each day will be focusing on a specific theme, the details of the sessions are below with booking separate for each day – this will allow you to pick and choose the sessions most suitable to you.
Anyone is welcome and we hope that by providing the sessions in this format we will enable more people to attend than ever before.
Monday 12 April – Financial Abuse
Presenters: GEM Project, Age UK Gloucestershire and Gloucestershire Police
Discussion: What elements of Financial Abuses have come to light during the COVID Pandemic and what do we need to build into the future Safeguarding Strategy to combat this?
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguarding-roadshow-financial-abuse-tickets-143969658123
Tuesday 13 April – Domestic Abuse
Presenters: Hollie Gazzard Trust, GDASS, Gloucestershire Police
Discussion: What has been the impact on levels of domestic abuse during COVID and what can we include in a future strategy to support future provision?
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguarding-roadshow-domestic-abuse-tickets-143972269935
Wednesday 14 April – Substance Misuse
Presenters: Young Gloucestershire, Nelson Trust, Change Grow Live.
Discussion: What has been the changing nature of substance misuse over the last year and what are the immediate and longer term consequences?
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguarding-roadshow-substance-misuse-tickets-143973603925
Thursday 15 April – Mental Health
Presenters: InfoBuzz, TIC+
Discussion: What has the impact on mental health been during COVID and what do we need in Gloucestershire to continue to support people?
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguarding-roadshow-mental-health-tickets-143974267911
Friday 16 April – Disability
Presenters: Barnwood Trust, Inclusion Gloucestershire, Forest Sensory Services Gloucestershire Deaf Association.
Discussion: What has been the impact of COVID on people with disability, has this been disproportionate and how can safeguarding strategy better support people with disabilities?
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/safeguarding-roadshow-disability-tickets-143975638009
