National Safeguarding Adults Week 2025

National Safeguarding Adults Week (NSAW) is a time when organisations come together to raise awareness of important safeguarding issues. The campaign is led by Ann Craft Trust and the overarching theme for 2025 is Prevention.

The campaign will take place between 17th to 21st November 2025.

How can you take part?

What can you do to help protect adults at risk of abuse and neglect?

Below you will find information and resources to support with the campaign.

The Ann Craft Trust also have free resources for you to access as well as online sessions that you can attend.

Today’s theme is 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.

On this day you can:

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 differences between a complicit culture, a compliant culture, and a genuinely confident and competent culture.

Today you can:

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 you can:

 Thursday – Trust Your Instincts

Today’s 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.

Today you can:

Complete some E-Learning:

All e-learning can be accessed for free via our website. Courses linked to exploitation include:

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 initiatives, and fruitful partnerships. We want to hear as many voices as possible, so if you have anything to share, please do!

Today you can:

Workshops & Webinars

All workshops will be held on Microsoft Teams.

Monday 17th November – Safeguarding Adults: From Prevention to Practice

  • 10am – 11am
  • Facilitated by Dr Wendy Shepherd
  • Book Here

Community Guardians: Safeguarding for every stage of life

  • 1pm – 2pm
  • Facilitated by the Ivison Trust
  • Book Here

Tuesday 18th November – Emotional Literacy and the Life Cycle of Trauma

  • 10.30am – 12.30pm
  • Facilitated by Jak Savage MBE
  • Book Here
  • Please note this workshop will be recorded and transcribed for accessibility purposes.
  • This workshop is only appropriate for professionals.

Wednesday 19th November – Understanding and Managing Vicarious Trauma: Supporting Staff Wellbeing

  • 10.30am – 12.30pm
  • Facilitated by Amanda Chalmers
  • Book Here
  • Places for this session are limited. You will be informed of the outcome of your application on Wednesday 12th November by email from the TSAB Business Unit. Places are not confirmed until this point. If you are unsuccessful your name may be added to a waiting list.

Thursday 20th November – Recognising Carers in Safeguarding: Upholding Rights and Reducing Risks

  • 10am – 11am
  • Facilitated by We Care You Care
  • Book Here

Thursday 20th November – Help me tell my story:  building courage and resilience in talking about sexual harm

  • 1pm – 3pm
  • Facilitated by Sarah Pritchard MVDA
  • Book Here

Monday 17th November

Tuesday 18th November

Thursday 20th November

Friday 21st November

National Safeguarding Adults Week 2025 Campaign Poster (PDF)